Here's the full text of K7YD's bizarre and not-so-brilliant rant: K7YD: First off, I usually "calls 'em as I see's 'em" I could give you calls, names and QTH's of offending AM signals that are splattering all over the band. These collected from years of and monitoring. If that gives you heartburn, then I guess you better buy some antacid. I'm not against AM, I'm against unintelligent use of radio equipment that offends everyone within 50 khz! But, should you want to characterize me as "against AM", then feel free to do so.
Secondly, my comments were not intended as an attack, but more as a lament about the loss of a "gentleman's attitude" on the air. How many have forgotten the first and third sections of the "Amateur's Code"? How many EVER read them? Now, we are down to "me first and to heck with anyone else"! Remember, it's gotta be my reciever that makes that AM signal look like it's 25 khz wide, right? Couldnt be that it really IS 25 khz wide. But again, it's the "warm, friendly mode" right? Give me a break. Sure, there's some nasty SSB signals out there also. We all have to be sure we're not reducing the enjoyment of others by our presence. But, to me, there's little consideration left from many who I hear every night out there in radio land. We try and run the Montana Traffic net on 75 meters every night. It never fails, some yahoo comes up on AM and calls CQ right over the top of us. Well, guess we could say, he dosent hear us, but dont ya wonder? We've moved our net 4 times in the past few years, just to keep clear of AM'ers, give them a break and us also. But, they just keep showing up. Not a great way to impress the rest of the amateur community. Let's face it Bry, there are in numbers, a small percentage of the Amateur community on AM. The group as a whole is small but noisy. Overreaction to any form of dissent seems to be the rule of the day. I hear more whining than any other form of communication But, if AMer's wont regulate themselves, I've got a hunch it'll be done for them. Too bad, but some of your group have it coming. For me, it's live and let live. That's the way we live in Montana. But, eventually you'll find that that noisy rattlesnake recieves its just reward sooner or later. Take a chill pill, understand that there are many different opinions out here, and dont take every comment as a threat to the mode. But, keep up those wide, nasty signals, keep pulling out the audio bandwidth filters for that "warm sound" and stand by for bandwidth regulation to return, at a level of 6 khz for AM! I believe FCC might be working itself into a mood to do it, along with some other details we might not enjoy. BTW-I've slugged it out with more than one Pactor signal and prevailed. No, it's not easy, but then sometimes you just dont want to give up and QSY to another freq. And, if the guy really is running 3 kw, then that is another issue to be dealt with by FCC. I'd recommend some letter action with Mr. Hollingsworth if you can prove your claim. Best of luck my friend. I think we all are gonna need it. Take care Bry, hope you are well 73 Doug, K7YD Livingston, MT SOWP ______________________________________________________________ AMRadio mailing list List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Partner Website: http://www.amfone.net Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:[email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
