Howdy, Ellen! Yeah... I know that there at least USED to be a bunch in the Milwaukee area that kept 6 meter AM hopping, but I've never heard them here, so I assume they're now defunct.
I've always been intrigued by 6 meters... even back when I was in Chicago, a channel 2 area!!! I can say from personal experience that if you fire up on 6 in Chicago, you're gonna get something like the final scene in the movie version of Frankenstein; the villagers, all carrying torches and pitchforks, are gonna storm the place by night, intent on destroying the monster!!! <<GRIN>> One of the things that I've LONG been intending to do... set up here to work auroral DX on CW. Gathering dust is a pretty decent Heathkit Seneca, a low band Motorola base station power amp (single 4CX250), and an Ameco 6 meter converter (the Nuvistor version). Also, in the rafters of the garage is a 20 foot length of 2" OD aluminum pipe from an irrigation system (It'd make a GREAT boom for a 3 element 6 meter Yagi!). As it is... all I have actually working now is the Gonset hooked to a J-pole. Mr. T., W9LBB -----Original Message----- >From: Ellen Rugowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Nov 22, 2007 7:04 PM >To: Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Anti-AM Opinionated Hams > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Thomas Adams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service" ><[email protected]> >Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2007 6:48 PM >Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Anti-AM Opinionated Hams > > >> >> Wish I could say the same here. >> >> I've had a Gonset Gooney Bird sitting on 50.4 MHz for several years >> now, and I've heard NADA. The radio's a paperweight with a yellow >> Civil Defense paint job! ;o) >> >> >> Mr. T., W9LBB > >I know what you mean Tom. If we were closer, I'd help you give it a >workout. BUt I see from QRZ, you're in Sun Prairie. I'm in Greenfield, >which means we're 70 plus miles apart. Neither of us is running power >(which you need to do troposcatter on 6). I won't lie, except for a few >locals here in the Milwaukee area, who get on 6, to rag chew on SSB, when 6 >is dead around here, it's about as boring as watching paint dry. Still, 6m >AM (like 10m AM) is a blast when the band is open. And you don't need much >power then. Oh yeah, and unlike down on 50.125, you won't just get a grid >square on 50.400. Grid squares are cool. But sometimes, I want to do more >than say "Hi and good-bye." > >73, >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.
