Pete, wa2cwa comments: " Some need an incentive. Having a few extra frequencies to me isn't much of an incentive."
That's the way I felt about it. It did not seem worth the trouble for the small Extra space that only seemed to be active during contests. No I have been hearing about the East Coast AM people moving down to 80M to get out of the Ghetto. I don't have that problem here. The PNW AM group operates (ONLY) on 3870 in the early evening before the band goes long. Then they go do something else. Five years ago I could copy the Calif. AM group on 14,286 in the late afternoon. Now if I hear anything on 14,286 it is SSB. The real reason I took the Extra exam on Saturday was that some of the group here pushed me into it. But the visit to the local club allowed me to find some other OFs that look like the type that still might use old (REAL) radios. But these club meeting are on a day that conflicts with my main retirement activity. Bob Macklin K5MYJ Seattle, Wa, "Real Radios Glow in the Dark" ______________________________________________________________ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ 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.
