I personaly dont want to spend loads of time tuning all over many bands to find an AM qso.
I LIKE just tuning around 3870 to 3890 maybe and 7285 on up, if nothings on, i can call cq or do something else, cant say I want to tune the entire 80 and 40 meter bands every time I turn the radios on. Brett N2DTS ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ellen Rugowski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2007 11:53 AM Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Anti-AM Opinionated Hams > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Geoff/W5OMR" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service" > <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2007 9:09 AM > Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Anti-AM Opinionated Hams > > > > 3.720 has been a good spot for some of the NorthEasterners... below 3700 > > is a great expanse, void of signals and I don't know of an AM operating > > ham that doesn't have the wherewithal to upgrade to Extra class. When > > the band-warming party occurred (nearly a year ago), there were signals > > of all kinds below 3700kc and there was a great QSO that happened on > > 3650kc. Don's complaint (as valid as it is) is why isn't anyone else > > down there, taking advantage of the 'wide open spaces'? > > 73 = Best Regards, > > -Geoff/W5OMR > > > > As some of you know, I now have a Viking II. I also have the VFO to use > with it. I was already heading in the direction mentioned above myself. > I'm hoping to do, like I did this last summer, when 10 & 6 were open - > announce what freq. I will be on via this reflector and/or the AMfone group > (in this case, below 3700), and start calling CQ. Like Don says, we have to > get out of the ghetto. I get the feeling that all too often AMers only want > to hang out on the traditional 75 & 40m freqs. I'd love to do 15m AM. > There's tons of open space above 21.4 MHz, and 15 is open during the day, > more often than you think. There's also a lot of open space above 1900 kc, > and in my case, 160 is often quieter than 75 is. > > 73 & I don't mean anything nasty - just some food for thought > Ellen - AF9J > > ______________________________________________________________ > Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net > AMRadio mailing list > List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html > List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio > 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. ______________________________________________________________ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio 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.
