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 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim Wilhite Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2007 08:27 To: Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service Subject: Re: [AMRadio] AM Forum 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 as a friend a compatriot. That remains today and recently Lock and Gary looked me up to invite me back. That is the kind of thing that makes friends. It is not the attitude I receive from the other coast. I do wish I could communicate with the West coast, but the group of SSBers Brian mentioned are adamant about causing trouble. They set up shop there some years ago when propagation was such that they could not hear you guys out there. Now that they can, they constantly complain about the "interference". Really the best alternative is to change frequency for small roundtables, but that would be difficult to achieve. Other than that, we could get on SSB and tell them we are going to join you and get ready for the fight. That is about our only options at this point. I do wish civility prevailed in these matters but, sadly, it doesn't. 73 Jim W5JO > >> On 4/2/07, Bill Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > 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, > Wednesday's >> > at 8:00pm, 7:00pm Central Time. He also participates in groups >> > that > form on >> > other nights of the week. >> > >> > If there are > 100 stations operating AM in Texas, why none on >> > 3870? >> > >> Bill, ______________________________________________________________ AMRadio mailing list List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Partner Website: http://www.amfone.net Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body. -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.25/743 - Release Date: 4/2/2007 16:24 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.25/743 - Release Date: 4/2/2007 16:24 ______________________________________________________________ AMRadio mailing list List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Partner Website: http://www.amfone.net Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
