Hi Bernie, I sorta hung up my Viking II & RCA AR-88LF combo into retirement mode up on the shelf here several years back for the very reason you mentioned about 40-meters...
I'd call & call CQ at various hours of the day with no responses whatsoever. So I finally stopped trying. As for 75-meters, well, I guess some old habits are slow to die...but from what I've been hearing up & around the "window" of 3800-3885-KHz, more than a few of the regular AM denizens seem to actually enjoy the challenges of standing-up to the random (and by times, downright vicious!) heckling from a few of the more "expressive" within the SSB crowd... NOT the sort of place you'd really want to demonstrate the joys & pleasures of AM phone, to visitors in the shack! The part of the band around 3.7-MHz seems far more civilized. I enjoy SWL'ing the gentlemen who come down there for some interesting technical QSOs on AM... ~73~ Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ *********************************** ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bernie Doran" <[email protected]> To: "Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, September 27, 2009 11:03 AM Subject: [AMRadio] AM 75- 80 meters > what is this fascination with 3880 to 3885? last evening my s meter did not > fall below +20 tuning through that area and each side. there is no possible > way to have a QSO at times like that unless you are talking to your next > door neighbor! I gave up and went to 3705, called cq for 30 minutes untill > dave w9ad ran across me. I could find only three or four ssb stations > between 3.6 and 3.7. the low end is almost not used, if it is not going to > be used the band might as well be changed back where it was. And yes, I > know this has been brought up before, and yes I know there are generals, not > an excuse for most, a few hours with the license manual and you are an > extra. I talked with a 13 year girl a while back that was an extra!! I > will be back on the low end tonight around 3.7 +or -15, maybe I can get a > ssb to respond. Of course maybe it is just that no one wants to talk to > me!! I have also been listening and calling on 7160 and 7290 for several > days without a nibble. Just about ready to throw in the towel and get rid > of my junk. Bernie > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > ______________________________________________________________ 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
