Hi Brian, Yes, Rob is a fine fellow who hosts the Midwest Classic Radio Net on 3885 on Saturday mornings. He is is in Marshall, Wisconsin. Yes, the QRM goes both ways this time of year. When seasonal conditions improve, unfortunately we can hear each other regularly on the popular frequencies, so it becomes a challenge to conduct more local communications without QRMing someone half-way across the country. The solution is obvious....spread out. I realize that moving is somewhat more of an inconvenience for those who may be xtal-controlled. It is also sometimes a problem with the old boatanchor stuff, with some ops having difficulty accurately zeroing each other and consequently occupying a broader range of frequencies in one QSO. Talk about problems with QRM......we are constantly battling the SSB "Buzzard Net" on 3888 and other groups of slopbucket nimrods on 3884 and 3878. They essentially pretend not to hear AM operations already on or near the frequency. Oh well...seems that it goes with the territory...sure is clearer down the band, but it is difficult getting everyone to spread out and get out of the so-called "ghetto". We are creatures of habit...and we really enjoy congregating around frequencies where we know other AMers probably will be listening. 73, Jack, W9GT
"A.R.S. - WA5AM" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I wonder if anyone on the list knows WA9ZTY. I was going to email him, however I can not find any email or phone number for him. He is part of a group that meets just above 3890 in the mornings, however I can not figure out exactly what frequency they think they are operating on since they are spread out from 3889 to 3892.5+. There is a group in my area that meets each morning on 3890, and at times these fellow AM'ers in 9 land really hit us hard when they are operating in such a wide area. I'd really like to see if they wouldn't mind trying to get close to one another so at least our notch filters will work as intended, etc. They really don't seem to be minding what frequency they transmit on. Don't get me wrong, a few hundred cycles doesn't bother me one bit, but when one group operates in an area of nearly 4kcs consistently each morning, it becomes very annoying for us. If anyone knows how to get in touch with these fellows, I would appreciate if you would politely ask them if they could zero beat one another. If you prefer, send me the contact info, and I will talk with them. I'm sure we can work something out. Thanks! Brian / wa5am -- "Money is only temporary, radios are forever" - Jim Little aka "the old dawg"/K5BAI Harvard Minor Planet Station (MPC) H44/Cascade Mtn. Arkansas www.arksky.org ______________________________________________________________ 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.
