On 4/2/07, Bill Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
First of all, from what can be heard, the group isn't large, in spite of
what they would like it to be. It would appear there are 1 or 2 stations
with others that follow on. The offenders apparently run a tremendous
amount of power. They are also
Under Rules, it says: This is radio site dedicated to AM. The reason most
come here is to meet and exchange information about our mode and hobby.
Obviously, their is no requirement to have a amateur license since many
short wave listeners and general radio/electronic experimenters are also
Very unscientific Brian. After Jim's initial or second post, I just went
to the member's list and did a search and count on W5's, K5's, KA5's,
WA5's, WB5's, and N5's. But as K5MYJ pointed out in another post, some of
those could have been located in other parts of the country. Also, no way
to tell
Maybe the majority just don't care to respond to April Fool posts. I
personality find them a waste of time to even read much less respond.
Pete, wa2cwa
On Mon, 2 Apr 2007 21:29:49 -0500 Jim Wilhite [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
Mike here is an example of recent parentage.
That Pete is part of the problem. And even though I post
something technical or make a post to another discussion it
goes unanswered.
Jim
W5JO
Maybe the majority just don't care to respond to April
Fool posts. I
personality find them a waste of time to even read much
less respond.
Bill you will probably never se the Texas guys on 3.870 as it is a big
SSB freq here in Texas...You talk about starting a WAR...These guys have
been there every day for 20 years...They complain enough about you guys
then for us to go there... Geoff is right on 80,85 and 90...That is were
we all
Bill some years back I lived in Las Cruces, NM and operated
on 3.870 plus 7.293 where I met many congenial hams.
Bill/W7US, Dennis/W7QHO, Gary/ W7GMK and Lock/W1ZD all of
which participated in the 3.870 group. When I moved from
there to Texas, they took the initiative to contact me by
email
To you Pete and all, I posted Ted's site as a viable
alternative to AM Fone. On Ted's site, you will receive a
respectful answer to any post made. My comments were not
intended to implicate or indite a particular person or
group. It was mentioned so if anyone West of the
Mississippi would
This is ridiculous! Why is anyone pissing and moaning about feeling
ignored, or anything else having to do with an internet BBS? GET ON
THE AIR.
Let me add a few observations of my own:
First, if there's interference on a frequency, MOVE! What happened to
all of the excitement of the 'new phone
How about a change of subject?
I live just south of Seattle. I live in a 4th floor senior apartment and only
have a 40M antenna running around the wall near the ceiling. My penelty for not
having a decent retirement plan.
But when I moved into this pace in 2003 I could copy several of the NW
On 4/3/07, Bob Macklin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I am at the point of not knowing if the problem is tha solar cycle or just a
lack of activity.
On contest days I hear all kinds of activity. So my antenna while not really
good, is not totally bad.
An inside antenna won't help the cause, but
Todd, you are one of the guys, like Pete who made me feel
comfortable on AM Fone. You are one of the guys, along with
WD8BIL and K1KAQ who would actually let me in a
conversation. You even called me on the air. That is
inclusiveness. The example I gave is but just one. There
have been
Todd, KA1KAQ comments:
Folks seem to expect all sorts of activity to exist
for their pleasure and convenience, when they turn on the rig. Calling CQ
appears to be a dying art, along with hamfests, CW, amateur radio, comon
sense, apple pie, etc etc...
One of my problems is not knowing where or
Well Jim, I appreciate your position and opinions in the matter, I'm
just sorry you think that starting or moving to yet another board is
the best recourse. I know there are some nitwits in the northeast and
it probably seems like the northeast/east coast guys think they rule
the roost. On the
From: Brett gazdzinski [EMAIL PROTECTED]
...I don't pay any attention
to the politics, fcc stuff, incentive, arrl, ... Now if someone was
building something, I perk right up!
But it's important to pay attention to that stuff, boring and frustrating as
it may be. Remember the days of Johnny
On 4/3/07, Bob Macklin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
One of my problems is not knowing where or when to look. The other is I am
not one to call CQ unless I know I have a receiver that is working.
Geographic location has a lot to do with it, but what works back this
way for a starting point on 80
I for one would like to see 5-land AM activity on 3870. We seem to have a
very active, if few in number, contingent of SSB operator(s) on the West
Coast Calling Frequency. Where are AM operators? There is only one
station
from Oklahoma who checks in regularly to the West Coast AMI net,
On 4/3/07, Craig K6QI [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Anybody still doing the coast to coast late
night 40 meter stuff? The band seems to go long enough
when I listen when I get home around 01:00 AM Pacific.
Haven't tried 40, Craig (never thought to, due to the foreign BC
stations), but I was able to
On 4/3/07, D. Chester [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Now, there is a contingent of rabid, anti-AM, Extra class operators in
5-land, many from the Houston area, who just fire right up on top of any
existing AM QSO they choose, and then proceed to gripe about the AM QRM. I
call them a dead-air group,
I'm not one to intentionally stir up strife so I will only say that I
have to go along with Jim on this issue. I have been a broadcast
engineer for twenty-some years with more AM experience than many of my
broadcast peers. I love radio. That's why this is my hobby AND my
vocation. For some
When a reflector has less than 100 members, it's sometimes a lot easier
to get responses to each of your posts. As the reflector grows, it can
become more difficult to expect to get a response to each response you
make. I'm sure if I went and reviewed all my posts made over the last
year, I'm
On 4/3/07, A.R.S. - W5AMI [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Get a video camera and video/audio your rx for 30 minutes with you in
the room and get it recorded Don! There are some 4 landers on 3725
(W5RED is one of them) that do the same thing. Next time I ask if the
freq. is in use after listening
Craig wd8kdg comments:
Your location puts you in the heart of the majority of the AM ops in the
pacific northwest. Could your receiver need some attention?
The main problem with the NW AM group is I am in a valley at the west side
of the Cascade foothills. All the predominant AMers are over the
On 4/3/07, Stevan A. White [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm not one to intentionally stir up strife so I will only say that I
have to go along with Jim on this issue. I have been a broadcast
engineer for twenty-some years with more AM experience than many of my
broadcast peers. I love radio.
I had a tough time there too, for a while. Not because anyone was
intentionally avoiding me though. I'd been off the air for anything
but emergency comms and testing for over 10 years, and many of my old
friends were either dead or not on the 'net. Folks just didn't know or
remember me, because I
Enough of this thread!. My mailbox has been overstuffed for the past week!!
Just get on the air and have fun.
73,
John, W4AWM
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I admit, I mostly listen in the usual places, I
don't tune all over all the bands every time I turn
the equipment on.
Last Saturday and Sunday I listened and called CQ on 7285 and up
for 1/2 hour with no response.
I also tuned around 3870 to 3890 and heard KG2IR in QSO with someone
weak and
- Original Message -
From: A.R.S. - W5AMI [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service
amradio@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Monday, April 02, 2007 11:09 PM
Subject: Re: [AMRadio] AM Forum
On 4/2/07, Bill Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
First of all, from what can be
Bill Smith wrote:
There isn't any big point. The little point is 3870 is a popular AM
frequency in an AM window between 3870 and 3885.
But, that's where a -lot- of people make the mistake of saying that
there -is- a Window, Bill.
Officially, the ARRL recognizes 3.885Mc as the Calling
Todd, I will not quit reading AM Fone. I will, however, not
originate topics nor answer any ongoing threads. I will
respond if someone directs a query to me.
I am pleased to be a member of a group of people such as
yourself, Don/KYV, Gary/FMX, Jim/JKO, Pete/WCA and many who
do try to
When the band is open, most AM operation is between
7270 to 7300 around New Jersey (eastern US and Canada really).
7290 and 7295 used to be very popular, and I try to get on
7285 as there is a broadcast hole there, otherwise carriers start
about 2pm on 7290 sometimes.
Lately, before the band
On 4/3/07, Geoff/W5OMR [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Not to the extent that happens up in the NorthEast...
True, if you have a smaller number of people participating, less
often, even if the percentage of idiots remains constant, it only
makes sense that you'll have more bad activity by sheer
Bob,
Not sure how it is there, but in the past, 40 meters
was great to operate on in the daytime on weekends.
I would spend winter weekend mornings on 40, you could very often
get by with 25 watts, 100 watts was a strong station!
Short wave broadcast did not start till about 2 or 3pm, just
in
Jim,
Besides that fact that the guys on 3870 seem to have a favorite conversation
piece... Their Amplifiers... They are all running near legal limit power
most of the time.
Bow
W5EFR
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim Wilhite
Sent:
Brett N2DTS comments:
Bob,
Not sure how it is there, but in the past, 40 meters
was great to operate on in the daytime on weekends.
I would spend winter weekend mornings on 40, you could very often
get by with 25 watts, 100 watts was a strong station!
Short wave broadcast did not start till
--- A.R.S. - W5AMI [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
snipp happens
I think Todd has a real point about too many choose
to use the
internet instead of getting on the damned air!
Maybe I should close down AMRadio for a few months
and see what happens!
I've been following this general thread and
Okay folks!
This has gotten very confusing for many, and I think it's time to move
on to other topics.
First, I've seen replies on here about the fact I am closing down the
AM Forum!! I can't do that, and wouldn't if I could. I was talking
about THIS email list, which has NOTHING to do with
Bow wrote:
Jim,
Besides that fact that the guys on 3870 seem to have a favorite conversation
piece... Their Amplifiers... They are all running near legal limit power
most of the time.
Near?
as in 1kw beyond 1.5kw near?
don't think so...
--
Yes Bow, and if someone forgets to add compression and turn
all the knobs right, they remind him.
Jim
W5JO
Jim,
Besides that fact that the guys on 3870 seem to have a
favorite conversation
piece... Their Amplifiers... They are all running near
legal limit power
most of the time.
Bow
sorry, Brian.. but somewhere, I apparently lost the ability to
'cut-n-paste'.
http://w2dtc.com/w2dtc-sound-bites-page.htm
Last word from me.
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First, my thanks to Grant for scanning and emailing me the Belar AMM-2A
Modulation Monitor manual I asked about just yesterday.
Second, my apology to Brian, Jim and the entire group for
misunderstanding which of the AM groups Jim was referring to. It can be
confusing trying to keep AM Radio,
Please email Harold Hallikainen a copy of that manual for his archive site
so others can make use of it as well :)
http://sujan.hallikainen.org/BroadcastHistory/
Thank You,
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Rev. Robert P. Chrysafis
Universal Life Ministries (ULC)
Don mentioned that item in his post about the gardians of the airways.
What is its current status?
I haven't read anything about it since it was posted widely via AR Newsline,
etdc.
Mike, K5XU
Mike Duke, K5XU
American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs
Don said:
I'd also like to hear more AM activity from 5-land in the new Extra class
portion of 75m. From the day of the band expansion, AM'ers have attempted
to congregate near both sides of the 3700 kc/s boundary, in the upper part
of the Extra segment and lower part of the Advanced segment.
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