On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 12:31 PM, D. Chester <[email protected]> wrote: > I wonder... > > The past few days I have heard little, if any, AM on 7160.
Well, that's only one frequency, Don. As with certain frequencies in the then-new 80m phone portion, advertising it as the AM hangout has drawn some problem children and from what I can tell, a concerted effort by a few to keep AMers off 7160, No problem, I've had good luck on 52, 55, 58. and 65. Though last night I did work a few stations on 7160 for a while, including KA1ZGC among others. Saturday I worked Jeff K2EWM for over an hour in the morning, then Joe WA2PJP, Carl WA1KPD, and George AB2KC also on 60. I don't doubt that the 'shine' wears off quickly for some with short attention spans, no differently than it did when 80 opened up. But a few of us persisted then, and will now. Part of the problem remains the 'was listening' attitude vs calling CQ. So far, every time I've called CQ below 7200, someone has answered. Listening on one frequency vs spreading out and calling CQ no doubt contributes to less activity. Maybe it's the time of day you're listening Don? I did hear you in there once last week when I was working in the other end of the garage, but that's it. And as Bob pointed out, the static from storms over the previous few days hasn't been much help. ~ Todd, KA1KAQ/4 ______________________________________________________________ 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 Post: [email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] with the word unsubscribe in the message body. This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
