[AMRadio] It Happened Again!
At 08:18 PM 10/26/2007, Bob Macklin wrote: At 00:01Z 20M came alive with CQ CONTEST! The band has been dead for weeks, At least here in Puget Sound. that is an understatement hi hi.. for the past 2 days 15 and 10 mts has been alive and well here in Ky. heard HC8N for hours on 10 mts from s5 to s9+ also CE0Y/9A4X they were working JA's as fast as they could. just goes to show you the bands are open to somewhere about all the time just no one lives there or no one is on. could not believe the mess on 40 cw last night. ssb stations all the way down to 7005. contest are ok but this is not. they got the phone bands extended but they want it all. and it was US hams got to PJ and P4 doing it. yes it is only for the weekend but some hams can only get on during the weekends. but that is just MHO 73Tony QBE ZUT DE WA4JQS ANTHONY W. (Tony) DePrato WA4JQS EXTRA - HEAVY Since 1962 CQ DX HALL OF FAME # 35 A1-OP FISTS # 10573 SKCC #1227 F.O.P. DXCC PHONE- DXCC CW- DXCC RTTY- DXCC MIXED DXCC 40, 20, 15, 10 METERS South Sandwich Island Dxpedition Group CALLS HELD: WA4JQS/ZS1, WA4JQS/KC4, WA4JQS/4K1 ZD8JQS, V31SS, VP8BZL, VP8SSI, 3Y0PI __ 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.
[AMRadio] Re: IARU Band Plan
PLEASE! Enough of this. My mailbox has been jammed for 3 days! Just let the issue die or discuss it direct. Thanks and 73, John, W4AWM Doesn't your e-mail program have a delete button? I opted for the Digest mode for all my e-mailing lists to avoid clogging my inbox. If I received every message on every list separately, I would literally have hundreds of e-mails to sift through every day. As it is, I just click on the Digest, look at the topics list, read the ones that interest me, and when I finish, I delete the whole digest. Sometimes I delete the whole digest without reading anything and other times I read every message, depending on the topics being discussed. Depending on the amount of traffic, I may receive one digest per day or sometimes several, but rarely more than four or five. During quiet periods I may not even receive a digest on some days. The disadvantage of the Digest mode is that I don't see messages instantly as soon as they are posted. The Digest goes out after enough messages have accumulated to fill it, or after a certain period of time has passed. Some digests may arrive with over a dozen messages, and at times, others may contain only one message. But the delay, which never exceeds 24 hours, is worth the benefit of not having to deal with each and every message posted as a separate e-mail. Public, open-forum discussion of this issue by the AM community, mainly over the internet via this reflector and on the AM Forum, plus some discussion on QRZ.com, have already resulted in enough correspondence from the ham community that IARU has added new AM segments to the band plan on 40m and 20m. This type of discussion is precisely what these mailing lists are for. Don, k4kyv __ 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.
Re: [AMRadio] Re: IARU Band Plan
On 10/27/07, D. Chester [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: PLEASE! Enough of this. My mailbox has been jammed for 3 days! Just let the issue die or discuss it direct. Thanks and 73, John, W4AWM Doesn't your e-mail program have a delete button? Precisely Don. John, please use your delete key for any subject headers you don't wish to read. Demanding that members STOP posting or relying on the subject is the job of the moderators or admins of this email list. This email list was created for the discussion of AM equipment, AM operation, and ANY issue that could effect the operation of AM now or in the future. No one is made to be a member of this email list, nor do you have to read all the email sent to the list. Simply hit the delete button, or leave the email list entirely. Brian / wa5am Owner of the AMRadio list __ 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.
[AMRadio] Re: AM recognition in the IARU Band Plan
What happened to the AM calling windows on 1885, 3885, and especially 7290 which is now an emergency frequency?? I am on 7290 quite a bit on AM. You must realize that here in the US AM is big and getting bigger all the time? Bob KB1OKL Another point worth bringing up is a reminder that most commercially built transceivers, whether US-built or made in Japan, now have the AM mode included, and these radios are used world-wide. If there were no demand for AM capability, in the highly competitive field of ham radio transceivers the companies would not be driving up the selling prices of their products in order to include a mode that they thought no-one was interested in using. Don, k4kyv __ 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.
[AMRadio] Clegg 99'er FS on QTH
Bill, W9VC, has a Clegg 99'er for sale on QTH(ad#625276) for $50.00 plus shipping from Richmond, IN.Usual disclaimers apply, but have done lots of trading with Bill over last 2 years or so.He says it puts out 5 watts on 6m AM. Joe W4AAB __ 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.
[AMRadio] DX-40/VF1 FS on QTH
Pete W2HP is selling a Heath DX-40 and VF-1 on QTH.com(ad#625952).It is from the estate of KI2J.Usual disclaimers apply. Joe W4AAB __ 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.
[AMRadio] Low-pass audio filter for transmitting
Don/K4KYV runs a -great- signal at 3.1kc, when he's in the 'narrow' mode with active and passive band-pass and band-width filters (homebrewed, of course) -Geoff/W5OMR Actually, the narrow filter cuts off 3400~, with an extremely sharp cutoff. Since that's an audio, not rf filter, the total bandwidth would be 6800~ including both sidebands. I use it only when the band is so congested that I can't get good reception using the 8 kHz mechanical filter in the receiver. When I can receive well with the 8 kHz filter, I switch to 5000~ cutoff, which is more gradual, with complete attenuation somewhere around 7500~. I could run with no filter in line at all, but the undistorted frequency response of all my transmitters is at least 40-11,000~. Wider bandwidth is no problem, if you use it sensibly. We use variable selectivity with our receivers, and adjust according to band condition, so why not do the same with our transmitters? We don't keep the receiver in the narrow selectivity position, which severely restricts audio quality, when QRM is not present. So why should we limit ourselves to 6000~ transmitting bandwidth when the band is lightly occupied? My passive low pass audio filter modules themselves are not homebrew, but surplus items, potted in cases like small transformers. One is rated at 10,000 ohms in/out and the other is 50,000 ohms in/out. The low-pass filter unit is homebrew and rack mounted, built upon the remains of a late 30's Gates broadcast studio audio line amplifier. I drive the filter modules with a cathode follower, and terminate them into a resistor at the rated load impedance. That way, I get the same signal level at the output, regardless of which filter is in line, and each filter is properly terminated. The filter module is followed by a triode connected 6J7 output stage working into a UTC LS series (broadcast quality) plate-to-line output transformer. I use a simple double-pole switch to change filters. __ 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.
[AMRadio] Re: AMRadio Digest, Vol 45, Issue 66
___ This message was typed using the DVORAK keyboard layout. http://www.mwbrooks.com/dvorak/ http://gigliwood.com/abcd/ - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: amradio@mailman.qth.net Sent: Thursday, 25 October, 2007 03:01 Subject: AMRadio Digest, Vol 45, Issue 66 Send AMRadio mailing list submissions to amradio@mailman.qth.net To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can reach the person managing the list at [EMAIL PROTECTED] When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than Re: Contents of AMRadio digest... Today's Topics: 1. Re: AM vs SSB! (Peter Markavage) 2. Re: Re: IARU bandplan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 3. Re: AM vs SSB! (Bob Macklin) 4. Re: Re: GB Re: IARU bandplan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 5. Re: Re: IARU bandplan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 6. Re: Re: GB Re: IARU bandplan (Bob Macklin) 7. Re: IARU bandplan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) -- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 22:44:00 -0400 From: Peter Markavage [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [AMRadio] AM vs SSB! To: amradio@mailman.qth.net Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii And it was at the peak of the largest solar cycle on record. Pete, wa2cwa On Wed, 24 Oct 2007 19:07:14 -0700 Bob Macklin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: One of the primary thing that caused SSB to take over as the main mode of phone operation was the hetrodyning caused by AM when the bands were busy. And in 1957 and 58 the bands were very busy every night! And at times they were very noisy. SSB solved 2 problems. A given QSO only took 1/2 the space and the hetrodynes were eliminated. Unless the bands are very crowed, AM at 6KHz (KC/S) is really not a problem. Bob Macklin K5MYJ Seattle, Wa, Real Radios Glow in the Dark -- Message: 2 Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 23:34:09 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Re: IARU bandplan To: amradio@mailman.qth.net Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII PLEASE! Enough of this. My mailbox has been jammed for 3 days! Just let the issue die or discuss it direct. Thanks and 73, John, W4AWM ** See what's new at http://www.aol.com -- Message: 3 Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 20:57:17 -0700 From: Bob Macklin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [AMRadio] AM vs SSB! To: Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service amradio@mailman.qth.net Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 And at that time I had a S-38 and a BC-312. Neither was worth a damn on 75M at night. But I was able to use the S-38 for my Novice CW work on 40M at night. It was another 2 years before I got a decent receiver! Bob Macklin K5MYJ Seattle, Wa, Real Radios Glow in the Dark - Original Message - From: Peter Markavage [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: amradio@mailman.qth.net Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 7:44 PM Subject: Re: [AMRadio] AM vs SSB! And it was at the peak of the largest solar cycle on record. Pete, wa2cwa On Wed, 24 Oct 2007 19:07:14 -0700 Bob Macklin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: One of the primary thing that caused SSB to take over as the main mode of phone operation was the hetrodyning caused by AM when the bands were busy. And in 1957 and 58 the bands were very busy every night! And at times they were very noisy. SSB solved 2 problems. A given QSO only took 1/2 the space and the hetrodynes were eliminated. Unless the bands are very crowed, AM at 6KHz (KC/S) is really not a problem. Bob Macklin K5MYJ Seattle, Wa, Real Radios Glow in the Dark __ 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. -- Message: 4 Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2007 00:09:25 -0400 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Re: GB Re: IARU bandplan To: amradio@mailman.qth.net Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Geoff wrote: Don/K4KYV runs a -great- signal at 3.1kc, when he's in the 'narrow' mode with active and passive band-pass and band-width filters (homebrewed, of course) I'm sure Don sounds great but isn't it the modulating audio that is being limited to 3.1 kHz? That means the total bandwidth would be 6.2 kHz plus. Steve WD8DAS [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.wd8das.net/
Re: [AMRadio] Tube substitute
Rick, Look into the EF86 and the need to rewire the socket. http://lists.radiolists.net/pipermail/broadcast/2005-February/002278.html Jim - Original Message From: Rick Brashear [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service amradio@mailman.qth.net Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2007 1:34:51 PM Subject: [AMRadio] Tube substitute Does anyone know if there is a direct substitute fro a 5879 pentode? Thanks, Rick/K5IAR __ 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. __ 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.
[AMRadio] Do I Remember??
Do I remember correctly. During the HOT TIME in 1957/58 people in the States were working Austraila on 10M with low power transmitter. gennerally 25w or less. That was also the period of the first Class D CB service. And even CBers were working Austrailia on 5W. At that time 10M was a common mobile band so lower power transmitter were also common. Do I remember that in that peroiod that high power transmitters were not common on 15M and 10M. Remember, those were the days before the high power linears that became popular in the 60's. Bob Macklin K5MYJ Seattle, Wa, Real Radios Glow in the Dark __ 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.
[AMRadio] RE: [Boatanchors] Do I Remember??
Bob and all...I remember back in 1958 that we had a CD Unit in Bangor, Maine and we all had 10 Watt transmitters on 29.520 and we would have a transmitter hunt every Wednesday night. Many times guys from Australia, New Zeeland and other countries would break in for signal reports and say they could copy our hidden transmitter better then we could. One of our group owned a home oil delivery company using High Band and he would dispatch trucks in Australia and they would dispatch trucks in Maine... A the good old days HI Bob W1PE -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob Macklin Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2007 2:02 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Boatanchors list; AM Radio Subject: [Boatanchors] Do I Remember?? Do I remember correctly. During the HOT TIME in 1957/58 people in the States were working Austraila on 10M with low power transmitter. gennerally 25w or less. That was also the period of the first Class D CB service. And even CBers were working Austrailia on 5W. At that time 10M was a common mobile band so lower power transmitter were also common. Do I remember that in that peroiod that high power transmitters were not common on 15M and 10M. Remember, those were the days before the high power linears that became popular in the 60's. Bob Macklin K5MYJ Seattle, Wa, Real Radios Glow in the Dark ___ Boatanchors mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/boatanchors ** List Administrator - Duane Fischer, W8DBF/W9WZE ** ** For Assistance: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** $ For vintage radio info, see the HCI web site $ http://www.w9wze.net __ 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.
RE: [AMRadio] Tube substitute
Thanks Jim. Unfortunately, it's on an old PC board that I'd rather not alter. I guess I'll see if I can locate one or two the rascals. It's my understanding they are not the best of choices for audio preamps, but it's what Gates used in the Studioette console, so I'll stick with the old boys. 73, Rick/K5IAR Rick, Look into the EF86 and the need to rewire the socket. http://lists.radiolists.net/pipermail/broadcast/2005-February/002278.html Jim __ 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.
Re: [AMRadio] Do I Remember??
That was during the largest recorded sunspot cycle. Guys on 6 meters were working all over the country and even worldwide although there weren't that many countries that had lots of 6 meter privileges. AM was still the predominant mode on 6 although there were a few that were dabbling in DSB. This period, and 6 meters, is what sparked my interest in amateur radio. Pete, wa2cwa On Sat, 27 Oct 2007 12:02:09 -0700 Bob Macklin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Do I remember correctly. During the HOT TIME in 1957/58 people in the States were working Austraila on 10M with low power transmitter. gennerally 25w or less. That was also the period of the first Class D CB service. And even CBers were working Austrailia on 5W. At that time 10M was a common mobile band so lower power transmitter were also common. Do I remember that in that peroiod that high power transmitters were not common on 15M and 10M. Remember, those were the days before the high power linears that became popular in the 60's. Bob Macklin K5MYJ Seattle, Wa, Real Radios Glow in the Dark __ 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.
Re: [AMRadio] Do I Remember??
I wasn't around for that time, though my Dad remembered it and used to talk about it a bit. Of course, when I got my ticket, I used his equipment. The rx was a Hammarlund HQ-170A and I learned to tune in SSB using a BFO. I have always arrogantly sneered at the term clarifier, believing it to be uncouth and a term used mainly by the benighted. :) Kim Elmore, N5OP But on a lighter note At 03:41 PM 10/27/2007, you wrote: In this period AM was the predominant phone mode period. SSB was the new kid on the block. And most of us were receiving SSB on normal (non-SSB) recievers by tweaking the BFO. Now they make SSB rigs with a CLARIFER. I guse that is just an adjustble BFO! Bob Macklin K5MYJ Seattle, Wa, Real Radios Glow in the Dark - Original Message - From: Peter Markavage [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: amradio@mailman.qth.net Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2007 1:27 PM Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Do I Remember?? That was during the largest recorded sunspot cycle. Guys on 6 meters were working all over the country and even worldwide although there weren't that many countries that had lots of 6 meter privileges. AM was still the predominant mode on 6 although there were a few that were dabbling in DSB. This period, and 6 meters, is what sparked my interest in amateur radio. Pete, wa2cwa On Sat, 27 Oct 2007 12:02:09 -0700 Bob Macklin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Do I remember correctly. During the HOT TIME in 1957/58 people in the States were working Austraila on 10M with low power transmitter. gennerally 25w or less. That was also the period of the first Class D CB service. And even CBers were working Austrailia on 5W. At that time 10M was a common mobile band so lower power transmitter were also common. Do I remember that in that peroiod that high power transmitters were not common on 15M and 10M. Remember, those were the days before the high power linears that became popular in the 60's. Bob Macklin K5MYJ Seattle, Wa, Real Radios Glow in the Dark __ 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. __ 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. __ 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.
[AMRadio] WWV (funny!)
OK, this is funny: WWV Taken Over By Clear Channel Word on the street is that the National Institute of Standards and Technology is close to signing a Lease Management Agreement with Clear Channel Communications, Inc. for its flagship Time and Frequency station WWV, Fort Collins, Colorado. Clear Channel Radio's consultants have demanded some changes to the sound of the station, which broadcasts time of day, standard frequency, and other information 24 hours per day, saying that the old format is dull and predictable. Additionally, WWV's traditional modulation level of 50 percent for the steady tones, 50 percent for the BCD time code and 75 percent for the voice announcements was deemed not loud enough. The station will reformulate itself as The Tick. WWV's program director Hickory Zeitgeist says that the station has already added some snappy new announcements to the rotation, which can be heard by clicking the clock in this link: http://www.lownoiserecords.com/wwv_the_tick.html __ 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.
Re: [AMRadio] Re: AM recognition in the IARU Band Plan
Don writes: Another point worth bringing up is a reminder that most commercially built transceivers, whether US-built or made in Japan, now have the AM mode included, and these radios are used world-wide. I keep being surprised how many people are running AM these days. Not but a few years ago it was pretty rare to hear an AM QSO on the bands, especially beyond 3885 and 7290. But there are lots of operators working AM now. The other night one of the guys was actually complaining about there being too many AMers now. He was bemoaning the fact that slopbucket ops were starting to get on AM. I just smiled... Steve WD8DAS ** See what's new at http://www.aol.com __ 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.
Re: [AMRadio] Do I Remember??
Clarifier is what the contol on my Uniden AM/SSB tranceiver I used to use when we went camping. I put it up last year to see if there was any local CB activity to see what the conditions for 10M AM might be. The 11M band was just as dead as everyting else. And local acifity is not a function of the solar cycle except that no DX is coming in. If Low Band FM works for local communication, then 10M can be used for local communication. Even our 2M FM repaeters are dead except at comute times and druing the local repeater nets. And that's only a couple times a week. It lools like the old art of RAG CHEWING is fading into history. Bob Macklin K5MYJ Seattle, Wa, Real Radios Glow in the Dark - Original Message - From: Kim Elmore [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service amradio@mailman.qth.net Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2007 3:33 PM Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Do I Remember?? I wasn't around for that time, though my Dad remembered it and used to talk about it a bit. Of course, when I got my ticket, I used his equipment. The rx was a Hammarlund HQ-170A and I learned to tune in SSB using a BFO. I have always arrogantly sneered at the term clarifier, believing it to be uncouth and a term used mainly by the benighted. :) Kim Elmore, N5OP But on a lighter note At 03:41 PM 10/27/2007, you wrote: In this period AM was the predominant phone mode period. SSB was the new kid on the block. And most of us were receiving SSB on normal (non-SSB) recievers by tweaking the BFO. Now they make SSB rigs with a CLARIFER. I guse that is just an adjustble BFO! Bob Macklin K5MYJ Seattle, Wa, Real Radios Glow in the Dark - Original Message - From: Peter Markavage [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: amradio@mailman.qth.net Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2007 1:27 PM Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Do I Remember?? That was during the largest recorded sunspot cycle. Guys on 6 meters were working all over the country and even worldwide although there weren't that many countries that had lots of 6 meter privileges. AM was still the predominant mode on 6 although there were a few that were dabbling in DSB. This period, and 6 meters, is what sparked my interest in amateur radio. Pete, wa2cwa On Sat, 27 Oct 2007 12:02:09 -0700 Bob Macklin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Do I remember correctly. During the HOT TIME in 1957/58 people in the States were working Austraila on 10M with low power transmitter. gennerally 25w or less. That was also the period of the first Class D CB service. And even CBers were working Austrailia on 5W. At that time 10M was a common mobile band so lower power transmitter were also common. Do I remember that in that peroiod that high power transmitters were not common on 15M and 10M. Remember, those were the days before the high power linears that became popular in the 60's. Bob Macklin K5MYJ Seattle, Wa, Real Radios Glow in the Dark __ 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. __ 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. __ 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. __ 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.
Re: [AMRadio] Re: AM recognition in the IARU Band Plan
I have been watching the sales of BoatAnchor AM receivers and transmitters on ebay. I can't afford them anymore. But 10 years ago you could not give them away! But I am still not hearing any AM hear in Puget Sound. Bob Macklin K5MYJ Seattle, Wa, Real Radios Glow in the Dark - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: amradio@mailman.qth.net Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2007 3:36 PM Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Re: AM recognition in the IARU Band Plan Don writes: Another point worth bringing up is a reminder that most commercially built transceivers, whether US-built or made in Japan, now have the AM mode included, and these radios are used world-wide. I keep being surprised how many people are running AM these days. Not but a few years ago it was pretty rare to hear an AM QSO on the bands, especially beyond 3885 and 7290. But there are lots of operators working AM now. The other night one of the guys was actually complaining about there being too many AMers now. He was bemoaning the fact that slopbucket ops were starting to get on AM. I just smiled... Steve WD8DAS ** See what's new at http://www.aol.com __ 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. __ 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.
Re: [AMRadio] WWV (funny!)
guess the time, win $1,000 - Original Message - From: Kim Elmore [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Saturday, October 27, 2007 6:35 pm Subject: [AMRadio] WWV (funny!) To: amradio@mailman.qth.net OK, this is funny: WWV Taken Over By Clear Channel Word on the street is that the National Institute of Standards and Technology is close to signing a Lease Management Agreement with Clear Channel Communications, Inc. for its flagship Time and Frequency stationWWV, Fort Collins, Colorado. Clear Channel Radio's consultants have demanded some changes to the sound of the station, which broadcasts time of day, standard frequency,and other information 24 hours per day, saying that the old format is dull and predictable. Additionally, WWV's traditional modulation level of 50 percent for the steady tones, 50 percent for the BCD time code and 75 percent for the voice announcements was deemed not loud enough. The station will reformulate itself as The Tick. WWV's program director Hickory Zeitgeist says that the station has already added some snappy new announcements to the rotation, which can be heard by clicking the clock in this link: http://www.lownoiserecords.com/wwv_the_tick.html __ 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. __ 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.
Re: [AMRadio] WWV (funny!)
OK, how does it work? Joe - CT1AXG --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: guess the time, win $1,000 - Original Message - From: Kim Elmore [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Saturday, October 27, 2007 6:35 pm Subject: [AMRadio] WWV (funny!) To: amradio@mailman.qth.net OK, this is funny: WWV Taken Over By Clear Channel Word on the street is that the National Institute of Standards and Technology is close to signing a Lease Management Agreement with Clear Channel Communications, Inc. for its flagship Time and Frequency stationWWV, Fort Collins, Colorado. Clear Channel Radio's consultants have demanded some changes to the sound of the station, which broadcasts time of day, standard frequency,and other information 24 hours per day, saying that the old format is dull and predictable. Additionally, WWV's traditional modulation level of 50 percent for the steady tones, 50 percent for the BCD time code and 75 percent for the voice announcements was deemed not loud enough. The station will reformulate itself as The Tick. WWV's program director Hickory Zeitgeist says that the station has already added some snappy new announcements to the rotation, which can be heard by clicking the clock in this link: http://www.lownoiserecords.com/wwv_the_tick.html __ 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. __ 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. __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com __ 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.
Re: [AMRadio] Re: AM recognition in the IARU Band Plan
Actually, ten years ago, the auction sites were starting to take hold, nostalgia (my first station, etc.) was starting to be the big buzzword. Boatanchor pricing was already starting to climb. But 15 to 20 years ago, I would agree, boatancher stuff was cheap, by the curb every week, and calls for please come take it away; I can't lift it anymore were common. My best boatanchor acquisitions (price wise) came during the late 80's to early 90's. Pete, wa2cwa On Sat, 27 Oct 2007 15:51:22 -0700 Bob Macklin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I have been watching the sales of BoatAnchor AM receivers and transmitters on ebay. I can't afford them anymore. But 10 years ago you could not give them away! But I am still not hearing any AM hear in Puget Sound. Bob Macklin K5MYJ Seattle, Wa, Real Radios Glow in the Dark __ 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.
Re: [AMRadio] Re: AM recognition in the IARU Band Plan
I seriously doubt that the pricing of the amateur transceivers on the market was driven up with the addition of the AM mode on their equipment. Actually Kenwood (and only for several of their 70's transceivers) and Yaesu included the AM mode for most of their HF transceivers on most of their rigs over the past 35 years. Icom was the late comer in adding AM into their rigs. They introduced their first HF SSB/CW rig into the U.S. marketplace around 1970 or 71. I don't think they started adding the AM mode to their rigs until the late 80's or early 90's. The U. S. manufactures remaining during this time frame were generally a mixed bag of offerings, but most moving just to SSB. Ten-Tec didn't include AM for the longest time and Elecraft, with their new K3, now offers AM. Adding AM, and probably currently undefined modes, to the new DSP class of transceivers is probably just a few lines of code to the firmware. The mode never left most of the rigs; amateurs left the mode. Pete, wa2cwa On Sat, 27 Oct 2007 11:54:18 -0500 D. Chester [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Another point worth bringing up is a reminder that most commercially built transceivers, whether US-built or made in Japan, now have the AM mode included, and these radios are used world-wide. If there were no demand for AM capability, in the highly competitive field of ham radio transceivers the companies would not be driving up the selling prices of their products in order to include a mode that they thought no-one was interested in using. Don, k4kyv __ 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.
Re: [AMRadio] WWV (funny!)
That is really funny :-))) thanks 73 Mac WQ8U Hillsborough, NC Kim Elmore [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK, this is funny: WWV Taken Over By Clear Channel Word on the street is that the National Institute of Standards and Technology is close to signing a Lease Management Agreement with Clear Channel Communications, Inc. for its flagship Time and Frequency station WWV, Fort Collins, Colorado. Clear Channel Radio's consultants have demanded some changes to the sound of the station, which broadcasts time of day, standard frequency, and other information 24 hours per day, saying that the old format is dull and predictable. Additionally, WWV's traditional modulation level of 50 percent for the steady tones, 50 percent for the BCD time code and 75 percent for the voice announcements was deemed not loud enough. The station will reformulate itself as The Tick. WWV's program director Hickory Zeitgeist says that the station has already added some snappy new announcements to the rotation, which can be heard by clicking the clock in this link: http://www.lownoiserecords.com/wwv_the_tick.html __ 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. __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com __ 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.
