I agree with Rob here...The North Texas group is a very kind and willing group of guys... You can find us most days on 3.890 in the early AM around 0630. David WD5BZO has a great signal from Arkansas to the north as does Bud K5JDU in Oklahoma... Lots of big iron up there but lots of tiny rigs as well... There is a Elmac AF67/68 fad going on right now. Come on up and join us... We have a Traders Net every Saturday AM at 0730...CST Say OOOPS Jeff you are not to the north but to the south east in Florida... Check around with Phil W9DVM in Tampa...Great AMer...I did not see any AM rig in your pixs other than a TS2000... That runs about 40 watts...
Bob W1PE -----Original Message----- From: amradio-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:amradio-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Rob Atkinson Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 4:31 PM To: Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Comment from N0JEF KJ4DJF, first, what is your name? It is always good to have a name to direct comments to. I'm interested also in finding out what your 200 w. AM transceiver is. I am not familiar with any recent ham rig that is a 200 w. transceiver but I am not closely following the new gear now. What you write about operating may be true part of the time, but if you have a signal that can be heard, most AM ops will recognize you without too much delay. Unless you have a very poor antenna, 200 w. should be pretty good copy on 75 meters. That's about what a Valiant puts out. You could find a clear frequency and call CQ. Give us a bit more information like frequencies you have tried to operate on, and what you are using for an antenna and rig. I promise people will be eager to work you. There is little or no cliquishness in AM. 73 Rob K5UJ On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 6:02 PM, <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. > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > ______________________________________________________________ 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 ______________________________________________________________ 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
