----- Original Message ----- From: "jeremy-ca" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Ben Dover" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service" <amradio@mailman.qth.net> Sent: Friday, November 23, 2007 11:43 AM Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Anti-AM Opinionated Hams
> Aurora CW is fun on 6M. Especially when you link up to Es or F2 (not for a > few more years). Ive worked Alaska from NH on what is believed to have been > an AU link to double hop E. You should be in an excellent location for AU. > > Ive worked coast to coast, South America and Europe on regular E and F skip > AM, its a blast! Im also in a CH 2 area but with 99% of the town probably on > cable Ive had no complaints at 120W on AM or 1200W on CW/SSB. > > Carl > KM1H > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ben Dover" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service" > <amradio@mailman.qth.net>; "Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service" > <amradio@mailman.qth.net> > Sent: Friday, November 23, 2007 12:12 PM > Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Anti-AM Opinionated Hams > > > > Howdy, Ellen! > > > > Yeah... I know that there at least USED to be a bunch in the > > Milwaukee area that kept 6 meter AM hopping, but I've never heard > > them here, so I assume they're now defunct. > > > > I've always been intrigued by 6 meters... even back when I was in > > Chicago, a channel 2 area!!! I can say from personal experience that > > if you fire up on 6 in Chicago, you're gonna get something like the > > final scene in the movie version of Frankenstein; the villagers, all > > carrying torches and pitchforks, are gonna storm the place by night, > > intent on destroying the monster!!! <<GRIN>> > > > > One of the things that I've LONG been intending to do... set up here > > to work auroral DX on CW. Gathering dust is a pretty decent Heathkit > > Seneca, a low band Motorola base station power amp (single 4CX250), > > and an Ameco 6 meter converter (the Nuvistor version). Also, in the > > rafters of the garage is a 20 foot length of 2" OD aluminum pipe from > > an irrigation system (It'd make a GREAT boom for a 3 element 6 meter > > Yagi!). > > > > As it is... all I have actually working now is the Gonset hooked to > > a J-pole. > > > > Mr. T., W9LBB > > Hi Tom & Carl, Yep AU is a blast on 6 & 2m on CW. It's almost impossible to do AU on AM (and difficult do to AU on SSB), due to doppler distortion from the auroral curtain. The only time it's really possible, is if you get auroral Es, then it gets nice & clear signalwise & then you can rock on AM. Auroral Es virtually never happens on 2m. A little off the line of thought, but Tom, my frustration is 2m AM. I went to the Oak Creek (a Milwaukee 'burb) Swapfest in August. It's where I got my FT-620B for peanuts. It was my kind of swapfest (tubes galore, tons of old rigs, including a CE-100, SX-28, HQ-129, etc.). I was orely tempted to buy one of the several Clegg 22ers at the swapfest. They were all going for chump change (as in 30-35 dollars). But as in 6m AM, there is virtually no 2m AM activity around here. The nearest 2m AM net I know of, is in eastern Michigan. So, as much as I hated to, I had to pass on the temptation. 73, Ellen - AF9J ______________________________________________________________ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio 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.
