For years I have heard multiple SSB groups competing with AM stations on 3875. Some members of at least one of the SSB groups regularly occupying the frequency are also prominent well-respected AM'ers. I have no problem with anyone using the frequency, first come, first served, regardless of mode. Use it or lose it. But deliberately firing up on frequency when one knows it is already in use and that the transmission will cause QRM to an existing QSO is quite another matter.
There are similar issues with the west coast AM groups operating on 3870, particularly when AM'ers from the east join in. BTW the "Macaroni" net seems to have disappeared from 3872. Evidently the group fizzled or they found a more suitable frequency. Now that the QRN is diminishing, 3870-90 is getting more crowded and roundtables are getting larger and more cumbersome, how about a little more AM presence down in the vicinity of 3700? There are wide open spaces on the lower end of 3600-3700 and some CW ops have talked about petitioning the FCC to "return" part of their "lost" segment. Of course, they are still free to use those frequencies any time they wish and the CW operators didn't lose a thing with the phone band expansion. 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 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
