I have to agree that was a completely rude way to be treated Bob. Get on early early on saturday mornings. There is a bunch of AM'er on then that are polite as they can be and will be glad to give you your first AM QSO regardless of what rig your running.
and I also Agree with W1PE Bob, there are LOTS of SS rigs on AM that sound great!! Ronnie _ W5SUM On Wed, 30 Jan 2008 12:09:49 -0600, Bob Peters wrote > You know what Bob We have a bunch of guys here in North Texas running > Rice Boxes on AM and they sound great...We have 746 and 756 Pro's a lot > of Kenwood 2000's...Couple of guys running the new Ten Tec.. They are > all welcomed with open arms...No complaining here.. I mean after all > I ran a K7DYY Sr and that is hollow state... > > Bob W1PE > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob Young > Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 12:06 PM > To: amradio@mailman.qth.net > Subject: [AMRadio] Re: AMers should not operate other modes?? > > I was getting ready to try and join a QSO on 75M one day a few months > ago and a guy with a SS SSB rig was trying AM for the first time (I > guess he was a long time SSBer), he was polite, asking intelligent > questions about AM and he seemed genuinely interested and his rig didn't > sound bad to me but he was rudely told by several AMers to go and > get a proper AM rig before trying AM and was then promptly ignored, > he went away. I couldn't believe the rudeness and wouldn't blame > the guy if he then went and badmouthed AMer's. I am new (one year > ham) and have tried to join AM QSO's on 75 meters before and was > ignored also, most of the time I just listen for a while on 75m and > then go to 160. I have had some great QSO's also on 75 so it's not > everyone there, maybe just the proverbial "few" > > Bob Young > KB1OKL > > > > > That is just one of the reasons I rarely operate on 75 AM. There may > be some > > great technical people on there but way too many personalities that > would be > > better off in a nursing home. > > > > > > Carl > > KM1H > >______________________________________________________________ > 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:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net > 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:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net > 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:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
