Hey John, Have you found any other guys on 50.400 MHz down there yet?
We had a net on that frequency every Tuesday night here in Central FL until about a year ago. They moved it to 50.3 MHz SSB - ugh! It is kind of seasonal though, and you can still sometimes find guys on 50.400 MHz AM. There is a national calling frequency of 144.450 for 2m AM and I know that is still active in a number of areas around the country too. Most rigs use 8025 kHz crystals X 18 typically. See you on the air when the tropo starts lifting things up this way! 73 - Brian, AF4K near Orlando On 12 Jan 2010 at 20:20, [email protected] wrote: > Would love to but only have six and two meter AM. Old Heathkit gear. > Oh well. > John--WA4VPY--South Florida. > Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T > > From: "Bry Carling" <[email protected]> > Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 13:30:08 -0500 > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [FLBOATANCHORS] AM TRANSMITTER RALLY > Is anyone else on here planning to participate? > > On 9 Jan 2010 at 6:46, Bry Carling wrote: > > > > > > > > >Announcing the 2010 Amplitude Modulation Transmitter Rally > > > >Contest and Operating Event > > > > On the HF Amateur Bands (160 meters to 10 meters) > > > >Saturday, February 6, 2010 6:00 AM E.S.T. > > to 2:00AM E.S.T. the following day. > > The purpose of this event is to encourage the use of Amplitude > >Modulation > > on the Amateur Radio Bands, and to highlight various types of AM > >equipment > > in use today. This event is open to any and all radio amateurs who > >are > >running full carrier amplitude modulation (standard AM), and any > > type of > >equipment may be used. > > > >Commonly used AM Frequencies: > > > > 160 Meters: 1880-1885, 1930, 1945, 1975-1995. > > > > 80 Meters: 3730-3740, 3870-3885. > > > > 40 Meters: 7160, 7280-7295. > > 20 Meters: 14286. > > 10 Meters: 29000-29200. > > > >These commonly used frequencies can be good starting points. As > >activity > >grows, expand to other frequencies to prevent congestion and > >excessively > >large round tables. As always, PLEASE be considerate of existing > > QSOs and > >Nets, and ensure that the frequency is clear before calling "CQ, > the > >A.M. > >Transmitter Rally". > > > >Points are to be awarded as follows: > > a) 1 point for each station worked a specific band. If you work > the > >same > >station on more than one band, you get 1 point for each band. > > > > b) 1 point for each state, country or Canadian Province worked. > > > >Note: Both you and the station with whom you are QSOing must be > >using > >AM. > > > >Logging > > The following information must be included in your log for each > >contact to > > be counted: > > > > Time (local), Frequency, Call Sign, First Name, Their Location > >(state is > > OK), Their Equipment > > Log Format: Each item should appear in a separate column, one line > >per > >contact. > > > >39608124.jpg > >Template logs are here: www.classeradio.com/amtrlog.xls (excel) > >www.classeradio.com/amtrlog.csv (csv) > > > >Please let us know about anything unusual or unique you hear and / > > or any > >nominations for stations in "unusual" categories or with unusual or > >unique > >characteristics. > > > > A description of your station equipment, power and any other > >interesting > >features should also be included as part of your submission along > >with > > your mailing and email addresses. Pictures (in electronic form if > >available) are also encouraged! > > > >Whenever possible, please use electronic submission of logs using > >Excel or > > CSV (comma separated values) (preferred) formats. Email logs to: > >[email protected] > > > > If you do not own, or cannot use a computer, paper logs may be > >mailed > >to: > > > >Radio Engineering Associates > > AMTR Logging > > 79 Tyler Road > >Townsend, MA 01469 > > > >Awards and Prizes will be given for the following areas: > > > > * 1) Overall highest points: 1st, 2nd and 3rd place > > * 2) Highest points in each of the following categories for > stations > >as > >follows: > > o a) Using a classic commercial AM Amateur transmitter (such as a > >KW1, > > Desk KW, Collins 32V3, DX- 100, etc.) > > o b) Using a converted AM Broadcast Transmitter. > > o c) Using a military transmitter. > > o d) Using a home built vacuum tube transmitter (vacuum tubes in > the > >RF > >amplifier and modulator). > > o e) Using a home built solid state transmitter. > > o f) Using a low level transmitter and linear amplifier. > > o g) Using anything not covered by the above. > > > > > >Note: Special recognition will be given to stations that show up in > >many > >other folks' logs, even if these operators did not send in a log > >themselves. This is to recognize the spirit and importance of > >operating > >during the event, even if one is not actively participating in the > >"contest". > > > > In addition to point awards, other awards will be issued on an > >ad-hoc > >basis, depending on the specific situation. Examples of these are: > > > > * a) Very unusual or unique equipment > > * b) Most clip leads in the transmitter > > * c) Most hum or incidental FM > > * d) Longest transmission heard > > * e) Highest weight to power ratio > > * Etc, etc, etc. > > > > > > Hope to see you all there!! > > > >http://amfone.net/Amforum/index.php FORWARDED from the FL Boatanchors Group on Yahoo. ______________________________________________________________ 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
