I run a DX 60B on AM and enjoy many Son's. Yes the SB200 is ready if need and gives me a 250watt voice. But it is enjoyable to qso at 50 watts for qsos within about 500 miles. I also use the HG-10 for qsos in the lower parts of rthe 80 and 40 meter bands as well as crystals in the getto. See you there. Don W4BWS ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Carpenter" <[email protected]> To: "'Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service'" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 8:18 AM Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Effort afoot to "reclaim" 3600-3700 CW subband
> Every body that wants to run A.M. go ahead and move down to the extra > band, > then don't ask why A.M. is a dying mode !! A lot of "working stiff" still > have to work 40 to 60 hrs a week, and for what ever reason don't have our > "extra" but I really love A.M. > Got to say, I'm beginning to feel like it's a one way relationship , you > see. I'm not retired yet, and no I don't have a room full of old tube > xmitters (but would love to have )Do have a old DX 40 that I'm close to > getting on the air, and a three tube 811 amp, that may allow me to get > into > a short QSO with some of you. It's really sad that in order to be "in the > group" you've got to run a tube xmitter and a amp, at 300 to 800 watts, > other wise, your just noise, and something to be tolerated with a short > reply, and then move on to another "big rig" sounding station. > This will most likely be my last post, sorry about the bitter mood, just > letting my feeling show I guess. Maybe after the bands get better in a few > years, I can have a little A.M. fun on 10 & 20 meters. > > > A.M.,,,,,,,the EXTRA mode > > Bob Carpenter > KB4WEC > [email protected] > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of QED Consultants > Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 5:35 PM > To: Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service > Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Effort afoot to "reclaim" 3600-3700 CW subband > > Hi Don: what does he even mean by these percentages? if he would treat cw > at > > abt 500 cycles then there is almost no cw use. I have been running at or > below 3.7 for weeks, last night I could not find a spot from 3675 to 3710 > called cq on 3725and a guy on ssb came back and commented how good the > audio > > sounded, he said it sounded as good as AM. I told him to put the rx on AM > and have a good laugh. I think I will start dropping down to the 3650 to > 3675 range. Bernie > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "D. Chester" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 4:22 PM > Subject: [AMRadio] Effort afoot to "reclaim" 3600-3700 CW subband > > >> The following message is being forwarded around on the internet via >> e-mail >> and on some of the mailing lists. They do have a point. There is very >> little phone activity in this portion of the band, now that the novelty >> of >> the expanded phone band has worn off. Why not re-warm the band with AM? >> I'll be exercising my 3620 kHz xtal a little more often. >> >> (QUOTE): >> >> "Since the changes were made taking away exclusive use of the 3600-3700 >> portion of the 80 meter band for CW, I have done extensive monitoring >> in it. There is very little use of this portion of the band now. I >> have heard some ssb activity in the upper 25 khz (3675-3700). Percentage >> of use during a one month period is less than 10%. From 3650-3675, >> percentage is less than 7%. From 3600-3650, percentage is less than 4%. >> >> That is an awful waste of band space. There has been ample time for >> someone to make use of these frequencies. Since they are not being >> used enough, I think it should be given back to CW/RTTY/Digital. >> During contest weekends, the present allocation of frequencies for >> CW,etc. makes it almost unusable for net operation and QSO's. >> >> Who else should I contact with these recommendations and statistics? >> I will be glad to do so. Me and thousands of other CW ops would like >> to see this portion given back to us. >> >> Thanks for your help and 73, >> Rodney Baker, W5DY >> STX Section Traffic Manager >> Tex CW Asst Net Manager >> TCC Member >> ORS (END QUOTE) >> >> Click or copy/paste the following link to read some of the replies to >> this >> message: >> >> http://mailman.qth.net/pipermail/cw/2009-January/subject.html >> >> >> Don k4kyv >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________________________ >> >> This message was typed using the DVORAK keyboard layout. >> >> http://www.mwbrooks.com/dvorak/ >> http://gigliwood.com/abcd/ >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> 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. >> > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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. > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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. ______________________________________________________________ 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.
