Hi Rob,
True there is AM activity in the extra portion of the
band.This was part of the motivation for me to upgrade after being a
Tech/General
from !960 to Dec of last year.There is a lot of activity in the general
portion
also, listen up around 3880 or so
Many stations use their SS rigs with power in the 30/ 40 watt
range and do quite well.That should be enuff for good signals in the 3/500
mile range, on 40/80 meters.
When we get some propagation, on 10 meters,50 watts and a
decent ground plane or dipole gets you worldwide.Give it a whirl, you will be
surprised
WA2FNS
In a message dated 1/9/2009 10:04:58 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
w4...@comcast.net writes:
I run a DX 60B on AM and enjoy many Son's. Yes the SB200 is ready if need
and gives me a 250watt voice.
But it is enjoyable to qso at 50 watts for qsos within about 500 miles. I
also use the HG-10 for qsos in the lower parts of rthe 80 and 40 meter bands
as well as crystals in the getto. See you there.
Don W4BWS
- Original Message -
From: Bob Carpenter bcarpenter_...@bellsouth.net
To: 'Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service'
amradio@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 8:18 AM
Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Effort afoot to reclaim 3600-3700 CW subband
Every body that wants to run A.M. go ahead and move down to the extra
band,
then don't ask why A.M. is a dying mode !! A lot of working stiff still
have to work 40 to 60 hrs a week, and for what ever reason don't have our
extra but I really love A.M.
Got to say, I'm beginning to feel like it's a one way relationship , you
see. I'm not retired yet, and no I don't have a room full of old tube
xmitters (but would love to have )Do have a old DX 40 that I'm close to
getting on the air, and a three tube 811 amp, that may allow me to get
into
a short QSO with some of you. It's really sad that in order to be in the
group you've got to run a tube xmitter and a amp, at 300 to 800 watts,
other wise, your just noise, and something to be tolerated with a short
reply, and then move on to another big rig sounding station.
This will most likely be my last post, sorry about the bitter mood, just
letting my feeling show I guess. Maybe after the bands get better in a few
years, I can have a little A.M. fun on 10 20 meters.
A.M.,,,the EXTRA mode
Bob Carpenter
KB4WEC
bcarpenter_...@bellsouth.net
-Original Message-
From: amradio-boun...@mailman.qth.net
[mailto:amradio-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of QED Consultants
Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 5:35 PM
To: Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service
Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Effort afoot to reclaim 3600-3700 CW subband
Hi Don: what does he even mean by these percentages? if he would treat cw
at
abt 500 cycles then there is almost no cw use. I have been running at or
below 3.7 for weeks, last night I could not find a spot from 3675 to 3710
called cq on 3725and a guy on ssb came back and commented how good the
audio
sounded, he said it sounded as good as AM. I told him to put the rx on AM
and have a good laugh. I think I will start dropping down to the 3650 to
3675 range. Bernie
- Original Message -
From: D. Chester k4...@charter.net
To: amradio@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 4:22 PM
Subject: [AMRadio] Effort afoot to reclaim 3600-3700 CW subband
The following message is being forwarded around on the internet via
e-mail
and on some of the mailing lists. They do have a point. There is very
little phone activity in this portion of the band, now that the novelty
of
the expanded phone band has worn off. Why not re-warm the band with AM?
I'll be exercising my 3620 kHz xtal a little more often.
(QUOTE):
Since the changes were made taking away exclusive use of the 3600-3700
portion of the 80 meter band for CW, I have done extensive monitoring
in it. There is very little use of this portion of the band now. I
have heard some ssb activity in the upper 25 khz (3675-3700). Percentage
of use during a one month period is less than 10%. From 3650-3675,
percentage is less than 7%. From 3600-3650, percentage is less than 4%.
That is an awful waste of band space. There has been ample time for
someone to make use of these frequencies. Since they are not being
used enough, I think it should be given back to CW/RTTY/Digital.
During contest weekends, the present allocation of frequencies for
CW,etc. makes it almost unusable for net operation and QSO's.
Who else should I contact with these recommendations and statistics?
I will be glad to do so. Me and thousands of other CW ops would like
to see this portion given back to us.
Thanks for your help and 73,
Rodney Baker, W5DY
STX Section Traffic Manager
Tex CW Asst Net Manager
TCC Member
ORS (END QUOTE)
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