On Wed, 10 Feb 2010, kj4...@aol.com wrote:
> > I read an article about AM use in the ham bands in a recent QST magazine > and was intrigued. > > The article even gave the favorite AM freqs. I have a 200 watt AM > transciever so I wanted to give it a go on 80 meters. Problem is, it > seems noone even cares to listen to see if anyone wants to join in. > The people just short key it back and forth passing it between the click > of regulars and never seem to open it up to see if anyone new wants to > join in. > > Very frustrating. > I have many times tried to remind those in a fast-paced roundtables on AM, to find - and then USE - a little known control switch on their rigs, known as the "Release To Listen" button. Then there's the Aubible Station ID Function every 10 minutes that often fails to get programmed, or is muted, or something.... Oh yeah: keeping track of your 'place' in a round-table... "ummmm, uhhhh, welllll.... I fergit who I was s'posed t' send it too, sooo, ummmmmmm.... whoever that was, it's yer turn OM...." mumble grumble mutter... Cheers John KB6SCO ______________________________________________________________ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Post: AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to amradio-requ...@mailman.qth.net 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
