Dont forget to give us Brits and Europeans a shout around 04.00+ GMT on 3705, during the weekends and sometimes during the week. 73 Max M0GHQ
----- Original Message ----- From: "D. Chester" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 8:11 PM Subject: Re: [AMRadio] 3600-3700 >> 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 > > You don't need to worry about "everybody" moving down to the Extra > portion. > If some of the AM operators do QSY, it will make operation on 3870-90 a > lot > more tolerable. I tend to stay away from the "Ghetto" during prime time > early evening hours because it has become too chaotic. Start a QSO, and > within 20 minutes the group will have grown to 5 to 8 members or more, one > or two of which are guaranteed to have unreadable signals. Add to that, > mutual interference from another AM QSO 5 kHz away or possibly one to each > side of the frequency, plus all the SSB trying to nudge in between. If > the > QSO's become more manageable in size, everyone will enjoy AM operation > more. > > We need to maintain solid AM presence in EVERY segment of the band. > Another > segment that begs for some nighttime AM activity is somewhere between 3800 > and 3850. That's within the General privileges, new General-class > territory > created with the phone band expansion. I often hear some activity there > in > the afternoon, but it always seems to disappear by sundown. Best to get > started in the late afternoon before the rock-bound VFO crowd shows up. > > There was PLENTY of AM activity in the new Extra and Advanced segments > right > after the expansion (remember the AM Bandwarming Party?), but as soon as > the > novelty wore off, most of the AM ops retreated back to the congestion and > QRM. > > I don't think those CW guys have anything to gripe about, since they > haven't > lost any mode privileges, just licence class privileges. And I doubt that > the FCC would reconsider returning to restricting the segment to CW/data > or > otherwise reversing the expansion, since that would imply that they made > an > erroneous decision when they initially expanded the band, and bureaucratic > government agencies are not very prone to do that - witness the AM power > debacle. So if they do start a petition, it might be more appropriate to > seek to reduce or eliminate the exclusive Extra Class segments, not reduce > phone privileges. > > Time and the CW ops' complaints about the dearth of activity on 3600-3700, > are proof enough that their worries about hoards of SSB'ers moving down > and > wiping out the low end of the band as soon as the mode restrictions were > lifted, were unfounded. > > It can only be a healthy move for the AM community to show more presence > across 3600-3750 and 3800-3850. > > Some of the frequencies "down below" where AM activity has been noted in > the > past include the vicinity of 3720-30, 3705, 3685 and 3675. I have xtals > for > 3610, 3620, 3645, 3711 and 3720, which I like to exercise occasionally, > although I have full VFO capability and my VFO is not rock-bound to a > single > frequency like the VFO's appear to be on many of the whizz-bang digital > SSB > appliances. > > 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.
