[AMRadio] The Higher Bands are already Hot this Morning
Both 10 and 6 meters are full of signals here in Mississippi this morning. On 10, the K0KP 500 MW beacon on 28.212.8 is 599, and a 3 watt beacon from Illinois on 28.214 is even stronger. The 6 meter beacon band is full of signals from the mid west and east coast. So, crank up something, and get on the air. I plan to be on 15 meter AM on 21.425, or 10 meter AM on 29.000 or above if the band gets busy. Mike Duke, K5XU American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs __ 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
[AMRadio] It's A Beautiful Night in the 15 Meter Neighborhood
I just finished a qso on 21.425 with AC0NJ in Co. He had a great signal with his FT2000. KC3OL is also still local signal quality on 29.0 as I write this. Mike Duke, K5XU American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs __ 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
[AMRadio] Now on 10 Meters with KC3OL
In QSO with Ted, and had a brief 3 way with W7ZFX in Washington State. Come on up to 29.0, the E skip is fine. I'll check 15 meters again before I turn in. Mike Duke, K5XU American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs __ 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
[AMRadio] Will the K9 Please Try Again on 15
I heard a K9 on 15 with a good signal about 2 minutes ago. By the time I finished an e-mail message I was composing, he was gone. Please try again. Mike Duke, K5XU American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs __ 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
[AMRadio] The 15 Meter Town Cryer is Back!
Yes, it's me again, with my usual question. Fifteen meters is open into the mid Atlantic and east coast from Mississippi. If anyone wants to claim some spectrum space for AM, I'm listening on 21.425. I'll be there until around 8:30 PM central time. BTW, the FM broadcast band was open into Wisconsin about an hour ago. Mike Duke, K5XU American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs __ 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
[AMRadio] New Product Announcement: 'Retro-75'
Thought some of the people here would be interested in this one. - Original Message - From: To: "QRP-L" Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2010 6:00 PM Subject: [QRP-L] New Product Announcement: 'Retro-75' gang- Sorry to keep folks waiting- I returned home this afternoon from a great weekend at the MassCon QRP Convention. This one's a bit 'off the beaten path'. The product is a 75-meter AM transceiver board kit,. It measures 3.5" x 5.27" and runs 2.5W carrier/8W peak. It's supplied with a 3885 kHz transmit crystal, although a number of other crystal frequencies are available from both US and European suppliers. Its receiver is tunable over a range of 45-50 kHz, and both receiver and transmitter functions contain ALC circuitry to maintain decent audio quality. There's a story here. I'd spoken about the concept at Atlanticon a while back, but hadn't had a chance to follow up until recently. Real life- including a new home and family issues - intervened. I refused to let this frankly nostalgic concept die, though. After 5 years away from the creative side of amateur radio, it's nice to be back! It's at: http://smallwonderlabs.com/Retro-75.htm That URL contains a link to assembly instructions for the Retro-75. ...and on to the next project! 73- Dave Benson, K1SWL __ QRP-L mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/qrp-l Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:qr...@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.436 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2746 - Release Date: 03/14/10 07:33:00 __ 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
Re: [AMRadio] AM on 15 Meters Today
Jim, I too worked Rick, VE6CQ. His Ranger was pounding into Mississippi. VE6KQ is John, also in Calgary. He was running an Eico 720 and 730 combo. - Original Message - From: "Jim Wilhite" To: "Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service" Sent: Sunday, February 21, 2010 3:19 PM Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Good AM Signals on 15 Meters Today VE6KQ or was it VE6CQ, Rick in Clagary? I just finished tuning around and found Rick calling CQ. Spent about 20 minutes and his signal was strong all the way through. WA2JID up on the PA/NY border broke in but Rick couldn't hear him. Down in the SSB part an EA8 (Canary Islands) was over 9 here with my 40 meter antenna. No telling how strong he would have been if I had attached the beam Jim/W5JO - Original Message - >I just finished a qso with WA7ISJ in Tucson, and one with VE6KQ. > > Signals were very good. > > Brian, from VY1 land is also in there again today on 21.425. > > > Fire up your favorite rig and come on up to 15 meters. There's lots > of > room up there until the CW contest ends later today. > > > > > Mike Duke, K5XU > American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs > __ 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 No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.435 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2701 - Release Date: 02/21/10 07:34:00 __ 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
[AMRadio] W8VYZ on 20 Meters
I just took a quick tune down to 20 meters after working everybody I could hear on 15. Caught the end of a cq from W8VYZ on 14.286. Bless his hart, he is sounding very very frail. Mike Duke, K5XU American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs __ 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
[AMRadio] Good AM Signals on 15 Meters Today
I just finished a qso with WA7ISJ in Tucson, and one with VE6KQ. Signals were very good. Brian, from VY1 land is also in there again today on 21.425. Fire up your favorite rig and come on up to 15 meters. There's lots of room up there until the CW contest ends later today. Mike Duke, K5XU American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs __ 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
[AMRadio] W1LYD/VY1 on 21.425
He's strong into Ms. So is Ve6CQ on 21.410. I also worked Frank, Ve5YD, on 21.419. He was running an HB 807 with 6l6 modulators. There's lots of room if we claim it before the band really gets hot. If we wait, we have the same real-estate battles we have on the lower bands. Mike Duke, K5XU American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs __ 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
[AMRadio] 15M May be Good Today
I'm hearing both ends of qsos between the west coast and Europe on 15 meter ssb. So, if you aren't doing the cw contest, crank up on AM and make some noise. The band should be useable for us at some point today. Mike Duke, K5XU American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs __ 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
[AMRadio] Timtron on 15 Meters
He and I are in qso on 21.423. Mike Duke, K5XU American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs __ 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
[AMRadio] AM on Higher Bands
I usually check 21.420 on 15 meters, and 29.0 on 10 meters. I'm on 21.420 now, but haven't heard or been heard by anyone thus far. Mike Duke, K5XU American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs __ 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
[AMRadio] Watch the Higher Bands
I just worked Portugal on 28.012 cw. The station is pounding into Mississippi, and he's also working into 7 land. At the same time, 15 meters is full of cw and ssb from Europe. So, keep an ear on those bands, and fire up a modulated carrier. Mike Duke, K5XU American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs __ 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
Re: [AMRadio] K5AYD
He said that he had been without power for a week. He had his usual good signal, and sounded in good spirits. I don't think there's anybody anywhere who gets more qsos out of a TX1 than he does. - Original Message - From: "Jim Wilhite" To: "Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service" Sent: Saturday, February 06, 2010 9:34 PM Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Great signals tonight The ice storm that we had over a week ago did a lot of damage in Lum's neighborhood. A friend of his just got power back day before yesterday, it might have been the same for him. Also his wife is in assisted living and he spends a lot of time with her. Jim/W5JO - Original Message - > I just now heard K5AYD on 3880. That's the first time I've heard Mr. > Lum in quite some time. > __ 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 No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.435 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2671 - Release Date: 02/06/10 07:35:00 __ 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
[AMRadio] Great signals tonight
Lots of strong signals into Mississippi on 3875 through 3890. I've even heard a few stations on 3705 and 3725. I just now heard K5AYD on 3880. That's the first time I've heard Mr. Lum in quite some time. Mike Duke, K5XU American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs __ 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
[AMRadio] A Sweaper from the early 70's
I've heard the signals that have been discussed here today, but that discussion reminded me of something I used to hear often in the early and mid 70's. It would be heard here in Mississippi as low as 40 or 80 meters during certain times of the year, but mostly on the upper bands as high as 6 meters during the spring and summer. When listening in the ssb or cw modes, the carrier sounded rather rough as it moved through the passband of my receiver. When listening on AM or FM, it appeared to have a low level of modulation which sounded like a tone of around 400 cycles. During a summer job as a dispatcher for my local police department in 1974, I had to monitor 42.38, and 45.10. That's when I made several observations: 1. The modulation was more noticeable on FM than on AM. 2. The closer the sweep came to reaching what I assumed to be the top of its range, the slower it would move. When it reached the highest frequency, it jumped back to the lowest point, and started over. 3. I learned to associate the sweep with pending band openings on 10 and 6 meters. The higher and stronger the signal, the better the E skip opening signals would be. I never learned what it was or where it was, but suspected some type of military radar. Of course, in the early 80's there was the dreaded Russian Woodpecker, which I have also heard on 6 meters. That one wasn't a sweeper; it was "broad band over radio!" Mike Duke, K5XU American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs __ 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
[AMRadio] Jackson, Ms Hamfest Reminder
Friday and Saturday, January 29 and 30. Yawl Come! More info is on the hamfest page at www.msham.org. Mike Duke, K5XU American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs __ 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
[AMRadio] A 40 Meter Christmas Surprise
I'm hearing W8VYZ on 7295. Other than now sounding like a very old man, he is having a good qso. This is the first time I've heard bill in many months. Mike Duke, K5XU American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs __ 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
Re: [AMRadio] 3.860
I could hear them in the qrn yesterday here in Mississippi, but I couldn't identify any of them, and it is much worse tonight. The rain in south Ms and Louisiana is really making noise, but there is no lightning around here. __ 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
[AMRadio] Lafayette HA410 Question
Apparently there were at least two versions of this 10 meter rig. What I assume to be the later version is physically smaller than the earlier one. If you own the smaller model, and have a schematic that reflects what's inside the cabinet, please e-mail me off list. I need to ask some questions about the audio section. If you aren't sure which unit you have, the larger one has the power transistors mounted along a section of the back panel, and has a 4 pin female microphone socket. The smaller one has the power transistors grouped together behind a cover on the back panel, and has a 4 pin male microphone socket. Mike Duke, K5XU __ 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
[AMRadio] Get Ready for 15 meters
It's funny how the bands almost always open for contests. Today, 15 meters was filled with strong ssb signals from the bottom up to above 21.350. The upper end was not nearly as crowded. So, dust off your 15 meter antennas, crank up the AM rigs, and claim our band! Mike Duke, K5XU American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs __ 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
[AMRadio] Another Microphone Performance Question
Audio Technica was briefly mentioned in the discussion of recommended microphones. Has anyone here, especially those who primarily run rice boxes, used the Audio Technica ATR30? The EHam reviews are quite positive in its favor, many acclaiming it to be equal to the Heil mics that have been discussed here today. I've seen it available in the $25 price range at J&R Music, and a few other internet sites, and have considered giving it a try with my Kenwood TS570. Mike Duke, K5XU American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs __ 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
[AMRadio] Other Classic Rigs on Television
I don't remember if it was the show "Emergency," or "Code Red." But, I was told that the radio viewed in one of those shows was an Apache, and an RME4350. There is also an old Doris Day movie in which she is shown talking on an S line. I don't remember the name of it. Mike Duke, K5XU American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs __ 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
[AMRadio] Just Gotta Have One of These!
Talk about a Useless combination! See Below. MD - Original Message - * CLEARANCE * Connex CX-33TLM3 10 Meter Radio with MP3 Player and LCD Display The Connex CX33TLM3 is the first 10 meter radio on the market that has a built-in MP3 player that can play songs stored on either a USB Flash card or SD card. There are a pair of L/R speaker outs in the back so you can listen in stereo instead of just a single speaker. There's also an auxiliary input on the back making it easy to connect an iPod or other portable audio device. The LCD not only gives you a variety of ways to view the metering, but it also allows you to display pictures stored on the SD or USB cards. Features Accessories Dimensions Built-in MP3 Player with Stereo External Speaker Jacks 1 1/4 X 1 1/2" LCD Display: Displays Metering and Photos Stored on SD or USB Card Approx. 45 Watts Modulation Dual Control Echo Hi/Med/Low RF Power Switch AM/FM/PA Modes Noise Blanker/Automatic Noise Limiter 6 Frequency Bands Mike Duke, K5XU American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs __ 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
[AMRadio] Normal for 10 Meters?
No, it isn't normal, at least not on 29.0. Not according to the stations I've heard lately, anyhow. Mike Duke, K5XU American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs __ 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
[AMRadio] 10 Meters Active on Am
I just finished a 20 minute plus qso with Dave, W2VW, in NJ on 29.0. He's now talking with a station in NC. I also found 2 other qsos on 29.010 and 29.020. There's room for many more, so come on up! Mike Duke, K5XU American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs __ 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
[AMRadio] Sporatic E Openings
I'm hearing good signals from 1, 2, and 3 land on 6 and 10 meter SSB plus some w8 signals on 10. Let's make some noise on 29.0 and 21.425, or wherever your 15 meter crystals will let you. Mike Duke, K5XU American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs __ 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
[AMRadio] Paint Recommendation for D104 Stand
While at my mom's for the big day a day early, I brought home my 1970 vintage D104. The stand needs a thorough cleaning, and a new paint job. What paint should I use? Mike Duke, K5XU American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs __ 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
[AMRadio] AM On 7160 Now
I can hear K9ACT calling CQ, but my static level is too high for much copy. If you can hear him, give him a call. Mike Duke, K5XU American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs __ 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
[AMRadio] 40 Meter AM
Is anyone on the air tonight? I have tuned 7.125 - 7.2, and haven't heard anything but SSB. Mike Duke, K5XU American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs __ 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
[AMRadio] 7160 tonight
When I first came up there about an hour ago, Don was as strong as burnt toast. The receiver would go totally quiet accept for his audio whenever he was transmitting. Shortly after that, the band moved around, and his signal went down. Overall, I was hearing more stations from the group than I was last night. Like Joe, I too will have a working antenna soon. Mike Duke, K5XU American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs __ 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
[AMRadio] For Wb5OXQ, and anyone else who wants to read the Mail
Jim, You were pounding into your old home town, even stronger than the SSB guys that fired up on 7159.8. My 40 meter antenna is about to have a facelift, or a complete replacement. Right now, the ends of the inverted vee are only 10 feet above ground. Couple that with my 25 watts, and I'm surprised you heard me at all. Come back and check 7160 again. Apparently some of those guys were there last night too. It reminds me of those days in the late 70s and early 80s when W5MEU, W9IEY, KG6OS, W6QS, K8MLV, and others were there every night. 73, Mike Duke, K5XU American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs __ 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
[AMRadio] Lots of AM on 7160 Right Now!
There is a large group of AM stations on 7160 right now. The calls I have heard thus far from my Jackson, Mississippi qth are: K0EOO, WA3HUZ, WF2U, K4DEE, and WA3VJB. There are at least 2 other stations that I can't hear. It's almost like listening on 10 meters, as there is no SSB qrm at the moment, just some static. Mike Duke, K5XU American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs __ 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
[AMRadio] Good Receivers for AM
In 1981, I traded a piece of equipment to a friend for a Radio Shack Realistic DX160. It was your basic slide rule dile general coverage receiver that reminded me of the old S120 that I began listening with in the mid 60s. I got it primarily as a DX receiver for the AM broadcast band, but it soon found the 1885 and 1985 gatherings on 160, along with W5PYT, K5SWK, K4KYV, et al on 75 meters. That receiver stayed with me for several years until someone made me an offer I couldn't refuse at the time. They aren't fancy, and they don't have selectivity enhancements, but they do okay for a single conversion unit. Mike Duke, K5XU American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs __ 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
[AMRadio] Here's a kit you don't see every day
This just came to me from the qrp-l list. Check out the 40 meter AM HT on the web site below. As for me, I have enough challenges running 25 watts. Mike, K5XU - Original Message - From: "John Harper" To: Sent: Monday, February 16, 2009 6:31 PM Subject: [QRP-L] Here's a kit you don't see every day... a 40m AM HT. Anyone built any of these kits? I've never heard of them but just saw the ad in QST: http://www.dzkit.com/new_products.htm John Harper http://www.ae5x.com __ QRP-L mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/qrp-l Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:qr...@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.0.237 / Virus Database: 270.10.25/1955 - Release Date: 02/16/09 06:55:00 __ 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
[AMRadio] 10 Meter AM Lives!
I just completed a 10 minute QSO with Harry, W0LS, north of Minneapolis, on 29.0. He was running a Flex Radio into an Alpha, and was pounding into Mississippi despite the ever-present QSB that happens during Sporadic E. He told me that he had been calling CQ for a half hour before I answered him, and that I was the first AM signal he had heard on 10 this evening. So, if you don't want to crank up the boat anchors, then dust off the transistors, punch the AM button, and make some noise on or near 29.0. Mike Duke, K5XU American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs __ 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 Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to amradio-requ...@mailman.qth.net with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
[AMRadio] 10 and 15 Still Open
I'm hearing pretty strong ssb signals on 10 and 15 meters, as well as numerous 5 watt beacons in w2 and w3 land into Mississippi at just before 01:00Z Mike Duke, K5XU American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs __ 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 Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to amradio-requ...@mailman.qth.net with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
[AMRadio] Michael J. Copps Named Acting FCC Chairman
Here is the text of the announcement from the ARRL site. During the 4 years I served on the Consumer Advisory Committee at the FCC, he attended most of the meetings, and appeared to at least listen to what the committee said. I found Mr. Martin to be a big disappointment in that regard. Mike Duke, K5XU Michael J. Copps Named Acting FCC Chairman On Thursday, January 22, President Barack Obama named current FCC Commissioner Michael Copps as Acting Chairman of the Commission. Last week, sources close to the President mentioned Julius Genachowski would be nominated as Chairman. Copps will serve as Acting Chairman until a new Commissioner/Chairman is confirmed. "I am honored to be designated as Acting Chairman of the FCC," Copps said in a statement released by the FCC. "I thank President Obama for his confidence in me and for this opportunity to serve. I know that I have a truly gifted and terrific team to work with. I pledge every effort I am capable of to help steer the Commission through its current transition to new leadership." ARRL Chief Executive Officer David Sumner, K1ZZ, congratulated Copps on his appointment. "Whenever we have sought a meeting with him or his staff, his door has always been open to us," he said. Currently serving a second term as FCC Commissioner, Copps began his first term with the Commission in 2001. Before his appointment to the FCC, he served as Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Trade Development at the US Department of Commerce, where he was previously Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Basic Industries. Copps came to Washington in 1970, joining the staff of Senator Ernest Hollings (D-SC) and served for more than a decade as his Chief of Staff. He has also held positions at a Fortune 500 company and at a major trade association. Before coming to Washington, Copps was a professor of American history at Loyola University of the South. He received a BA from Wofford College and earned a PhD from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Upon being sworn for his second term as FCC Commissioner in 2006, Copps said that "The last four and a half years have been tremendously transformative for the world of telecommunications and the media. The future holds even greater challenge. I look forward to continuing to work with my colleagues on the Commission, with the Congress and with all the other stakeholders to help bring the most advanced, accessible and cost-effective communications system in the world to all American consumers." __ 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 Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to amradio-requ...@mailman.qth.net with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
[AMRadio] Those Jolts that Get your Attention
Here are the two electrical shocks that I will remember forever. The first came from an "All American 5 tube" design BC radio when I was about 10 years old. I had gotten inside it, connected a pig tail to one end of the ferrite antenna, and stuck it through one of the vent slots in the back of the case. The intent was to connect it to a bunch of wire outside, which I did. But, I didn't know about insulators, grounds, etc. Ouch! Soon after that, I learned how to accomplish this with an inductor held against the back of the radio. The second came from a Viking Ranger not long after I connected an audible tuning indicator across the meter. This was the original Ranger, so most of you know where the meter appears electrically in the plate circuit. I have known that fact very well too since my right hand encountered just enough bare wire to complete a circuit across the pins of the connector I had used. Sometimes, seeing with your hands is tough! Fortunately, in both of these cases, I was only using one hand, was wearing good shoes, and was not on concrete. Mike Duke, K5XU American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs __ 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 Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to amradio-requ...@mailman.qth.net with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
[AMRadio] Regarding the Poem
"With your permission, could I use this poem in the Collins Journal?" I didn't write it. The author's call is at the bottom along with the comment about the A received when he wrote it in high school. I simply forwarded it from another list. Mike Duke, K5XU Mike Duke, K5XU American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs __ 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 Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to amradio-requ...@mailman.qth.net with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
[AMRadio] An Appropriate Poem
There was a ham with a cubical quad, He had five hundred watts and a ground in the sod. One night he was listening in the eighty meter band, When he heard a rare station way down in Congo land. He switched on his transmitter and reach for the key, Then pounded out his call letters as fast as could be. The ham in the Congo said his readability was four, And told him to keep on sending some more. When he finally wound up that QSO, The fuse in his final was about to blow.I turned the knob and current flowed, The filaments within now glowed. I listened for those waves of short, From foreign land, the air and port. But what was this, a rising hum? It louder grew and drowned all fun. I pulled the cord and sniffed for smoke, Those roasted bugs were not a joke! I pulled the tubes and checked each one, And looked around for grounds undone. Electrolytics oozing goo, Resistors toasted black and blue. Insulation all dried and loose, No holiday for this old Goose! A cathode short or cap that fried, The coil hummed Taps and then it died. The knobs were loose, shafts warped with age, Missing was the schematic page! Dial cord was frayed, the pointer bent, The dial lamp filament was spent. The chassis dark with flecks of rust, But fix this rig I knew I must. To Internet i went with haste, To find some help, then cut and paste. With solder warm and tester hot, I searched my junk for parts forgot. With luck and coffee by the dawn, That blasted hum would all be gone! And then with eyes all red like beets, I'll turn that knob and mock defeat. Now some may think this really dumb, But solid state is just no fun! There's nothing like that magic glow, That comes from vacuum radio. So when your Halli hums so strong, Be sure to smile and hum along! Note from author W8DBF: I got an A for this silly poem about amateur radio for my tenth grade English class. Mike Duke, K5XU Happy New Year and wonderful AM Audio to all! __ 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 Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to amradio-requ...@mailman.qth.net with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
[AMRadio] Jackson Mississippi Hamfest
2009 Capital City Hamfest January 30 & 31 , 2009 Mark your calendars for Friday and Saturday, January 30 & 31, 2009 for the annual Capital City Hamfest. All of our dealers from last year and a couple that had to miss last year's hamfest have indicated that they will be returning this year. We hope to see everyone in Jackson. Come on over, and bring lots of goodies to sell or swap. This year our guest from ARRL Headquarters will be Harold Cramer, WJ1B. Harold is the ARRL's Chief Operation Officer. To reserve your dealer or flea market space, for directions and hotel information, visit: http://www.msham.org *This hamfest consistently draws a good group of AM and other classic radio enthusiasts from throughout the southeast, but you're welcome to attend from any direction! Mike Duke, K5XU __ 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 Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to amradio-requ...@mailman.qth.net with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
Re: [AMRadio] 2011 WORLD RADIOCOMMUNICATION CONFERENCE
Just in case I was already in Washington on that date, and could attend, just what good would it do? Now there's a really good question. I didn't see any listing of time allotted for public comments during the meeting. So, other than showing your interest by simply being noted as present, or by perhaps giving you some idea of who, if anyone, on the committee will handle Amateur Radio concerns, probably not much. __ 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 Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to amradio-requ...@mailman.qth.net with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
[AMRadio] FIRST MEETING OF THE 2011 WORLD RADIOCOMMUNICATION CONFERENCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Just in case anyone is interested: PUBLIC NOTICE Federal Communications Commission 445 12th St., S.W. Washington, D.C. 20554 News Media Information 202 / 418-0500 Internet: http://www.fcc.gov TTY: 1-888-835-5322 DA 08-2689 December 15, 2008 FIRST MEETING OF THE 2011 WORLD RADIOCOMMUNICATION CONFERENCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE IB Docket No. 04-286 The first meeting of the Advisory Committee for the 2011 World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-11 Advisory Committee) will be held on January 13, 2009; from 11:00 am. to 12:00 noon in the Commission Meeting Room (TW-C305), 445 12th Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. A draft agenda of the meeting is attached. The WRC-11 Advisory Committee's objective is to provide the FCC with advice, technical support and recommended proposals for the WRC-11. At its initial meeting, the WRC-11 Advisory Committee will consider formation of its Informal Working Groups (IWGs), assignment of WRC-11 agenda items to the IWGs, scheduling and other organizational matters. This meeting is open to the public. The WRC-11 Advisory Committee will be co-chaired by Thomas J. Navin and R. Paul Margie. Additional information on WRC-11 and Advisory Committee matters is available at the Commission's newly established WRC-11 web site http://www.fcc.gov/ib/wrc-11. Comments may be presented at the WRC-11 Advisory Committee meeting or by email to: wrc...@fcc.gov. For additional information please contact Alexander Roytblat, the Designated Federal Official for the WRC-11 Advisory Committee, at (202) 418-7501 or Donna Christianson, Secretariat for the WRC-11 Advisory Committee, at (202) 418-7326. AGENDA First meeting of the WRC-11 Advisory Committee Federal Communications Commission 445 12th Street, S.W., Room TW-C305 Washington, D.C. 20554 January 13, 2009; 11:00 am. to 12:00 noon 1. Opening Remarks 2. Approval of Agenda 3. Advisory Committee Structure 4. Report on Recent WRC-11 Preparatory Meetings 5. WRC-11 Preparatory Process Timeline 6. Other Business Mike Duke, K5XU American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs __ 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 Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to amradio-requ...@mailman.qth.net with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
Re: [AMRadio] Propagation
Often in December, I have experienced mid morning or mid afternoon propagation on the AM BC band like what Jim described. It has always been within December, but usually a bit closer to December 22. As a child, I was always fascinated by this occurrence that would allow me to hear WMAQ, WLW, WLS, etc, from my home in central Mississippi. Mike, K5XU __ 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 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] 75 Meters Long Tonight
At just after 6:00 PM central time, 75 is quite long. W0VMC from Wisconsin is the loudest signal on the Southeast AM International Net into Mississippi on 3885. Mike Duke, K5XU American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs __ 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 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] 20 Meters over the Holiday Weekend?
It looks like we all agree that we're all listening, thus, we are all not hearing any other AM stations on 14.286. So, is anyone game for making some noise on 14.286 around mid morning, and again mid afternoon on Friday? If so, take up some bandwidth on this list, and let's make it happen. Mike Duke, K5XU American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs __ 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 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] Other Calls from the Past
I remember hearing a guy from Kansas whose call was W0MAE. I think his name was Doug. He had a Viking 500, and he had the audio really hot. There was another guy in Hannibal, Mo who I think also ran a 500, but I don't remember his call. I usually heard these guys on 40 meters. On 75, there was a guy from Milwaukee named Bud who would pound into Mississippi as loud as WLS on a winter night. On 20 meters, I often heard W9ZKN from somewhere in Illinois, and W8YGH from Cincinnati. Of course you can't talk about 20 meters without mentioning Les, K6HQI, Fred, W6QS, and Art, whose call I can't remember, from Bean Blossom Hill, Indiana. Those guys would be the first AM operators on the band every evening, and the last ones still there when the band died. On 160 there was Les, W0GBV, from somewhere in MO. He always had a good signal, regardless of the power restrictions on top band. I have heard him as late in the morning as 9:30 AM with a readable signal into Mississippi. A bit later, Vern, Wb0SUJ was very active on 160. I believe there is still a Santa Clause Watch Net on Christmas eve in his memory. Speaking of 160, and sometimes 75, whatever became of Steve, N9FOY? Another dedicated operator who never gave up on AM was Rus, Wa4JLQ, from London, KY. I never heard him with a weak or bad signal. Mike Duke, K5XU American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs __ 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 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] 75 Meter Ops
Yes, I remember Paul, Wa5FHP very well. He once told me that he lived in my home town of Newton, Mississippi for a brief time doing pipeline work, but that was long before I knew anything about ham radio, and I think even before he was licensed. I'm not sure if he is still living or not. I heard many years ago that he had an encounter of the wrong kind with a 5 KV power supply, but I did hear him on the air a few times on SSB after I heard that story in the early 80s. He would often crank up the audio so that you could hear the train pass near his house. Sometimes he would play comedy records by Dave Gardner, Justin Wilson, and others in the middle of one of his filibuster transmissions. I remember one new years eve when he got really pickled. He was pretty much gone by 7:00 PM. Someone in southeast Texas came into his qso running a Drake line with a linear in the AM mode. Paul then spent at least 20 minutes giving that guy a thorough tongue lashing for not running "a real AM transmitter." I'm not sure what he was doing to his own rig that night, but the later the hour, and the more drunk he became, the longer he would ramble, and the wider his signal became. Seriously, I have never heard an AM signal that wide before or since, not even during my CB days. One of the people that Paul talked with almost every night was Gene, WA5ATH, (SK) in Houston, who had almost as good a signal as K5SWK. Mike Duke, K5XU American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs __ 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 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] Activity over the Holiday Weekend
While we're talking about activity, or the lack thereof, I'll go ahead and toss out my usual reminder to make lots of noise on 15 meters if you hear strong SSB signals there over the holiday weekend. I'm not hearing anything there this afternoon, but during the contest last weekend, signals were everywhere. Mike Duke, K5XU American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs __ 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 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] Low Power AM?
I've had several complete and quite enjoyable 20 meter AM contacts running only my TS570, which is my only functioning AM rig at present. Granted, most of the other stations were running full power, or at least a Viking II power level. But, if you can get into a qso on 20 with a reasonably good signal, it works well at low power as long as the frequency is clear. However, as was mentioned here recently, it's been months since I heard anyone on AM on 14.286, or anywhere else on 20 meters. __ 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 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] 40 Meter AM Ops from the Past
As an SWL, I spent a disproportionate amount of time on 40 meters because a coil in my Zenith receiver opened, killing off 80 and 160. When I began listening in 1966, there was a bunch of AM on 40 meters, even throughout the night. By the time I earned my General at age 15 in 1970, about all that was left was one group on 7295, and another that usually met on 7275. Here is a brief listing of calls from those days, some of whom actually took time to dig my Viking Ranger signal out of the noise and qrm. K4AGY, known as Kingfish, spent his final years in Chattanooga, but was on the Mississippi coast with a W5 call when I first heard him. He had a DX100 with negative cycle loading as promoted by Hoisy, W4CJL, from Florence, Alabama. Kingfish also had the distinction of being listed as a silent key by QST about 4 years prior to his actual death in 1971. I still remember the pile up the first day he came back on the air after that listing. As it turned out, he had been in an automobile accident which killed his wife, and left him with a broken neck. He lived on 7195 along with Wa4PQH - Sid from Atlanta, W4ATX - Sally from NC, Ernie - W4DWE from GA, Jim - W4DXw, from SC, and many others in the southeast whose calls escape my memory. They were often joined by W4CJL, K4KYV, W8VYZ, W4ZWE, and others. The other group was mainly from Louisiana and Texas. Perhaps best known from that group by some here would be Alton Gray, W5FAP, from San Antonio. He kept almost daily schedules with his brother-in-law, Oscar, W5OEB, from the Shreveport area, along with one or two of his sons, and a few others of us who were attracted by their good signals. Other calls that I remember were WA5OXE - Henry from Houston, the original holder of W5RF - Harry, from near Laurel, Ms, W4TK - Bob from Jacksonville, and W4ZZZ - Ross, from Miami. Remember that the 40 meter voice band was only from 7.2 - 7.3 back then. Those who think the bands are crowded now should have been there when they really were! Mike Duke, K5XU American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs __ 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 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] Lafayette HA410 Expert?
If you claim that title, please e-mail me off list. I'm bringing at least 1 of 2 back to life, but, the 2 units have differences. I'm sure these differences are the result of when each unit was built. I'd also like to know of any worthwhile modifications for this series. Mike Duke, K5XU __ 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 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] 75 Meters Going Long
The Southeastern AM Net just finished on 3.885. Here in Mississippi, stations in New England were louder than the net control who was in Alabama. Looks like the fall conditions are returning. Mike Duke, K5XU American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs __ 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 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] Testing a TR Switch
I need to test a B&W TR switch to be sure it does indeed switch. In the absence of rf probes, scopes, etc, will placing a watt meter and dummy load on the receive side of the switch be a suitable test? Mike Duke, K5XU American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs __ 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 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] See you in Huntsville
I hope to see many of you in Huntsville on Saturday. Mike Duke, K5XU American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs __ 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 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] Which Bands for Summer AM?
I'm sure the static level was just as high when I was an SWL in the mid and late 60s as it is today, but I lived on 40 meters at night during the summer. That's where I copied my first CW over the air. Despite the multiple occurrences of Voice of America, Radio Moscow, BBC, Radio Prague, and others, there was still a lot of aAM activity on 40 at night until about 1968 or so. The SSB activity was also pretty solid. I'm convinced there were more signals crammed into the space between 7.2 and 7.3 than there are now that the phone band has been expanded to 7.125. I now here very little AM activity on 40 meters, either day or night, and it looks like everybody has abandoned 14.286 altogether. As for that other AM band, my local BC station signed off at sunset. So, for me it was Art Roberts on WLS from Chicago, and Rob Robins on KAAY out of Little Rock. Will anyone else here admit to listening to Beaker Street, hosted by Clyde Clifford on KAAY? Those "head bangers" don't have anything on the Beaker Street gang! Mike Duke, K5XU American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs __ 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 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] Where to crank up on 15 Meter AM?
I read somewhere long ago that people checked 21.420 for AM activity, so that's where I've been firing up whenever I think the band may be open. However, if some of the people who *used to get on 14.286 used that crystal, they would land on 21.429, assuming, of course, that it was a 40 meter rock in the first place. Thus, the question is, should 21.429 be checked first? In an ideal world, we'd have AM contacts going from at least 21.400 to 21.445, perhaps even below 400, using whatever spacing worked. Remember, 15 meters is ours for the taking! Just think how surprised the IARU Police will be when the band pops open worldwide, and there we are; droves of AM operators! I think I'll go to sleep with that thought, and see what Saturday brings in the way of AM activity. Mike Duke, K5XU American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs __ 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 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] More AM on 10 Meters
I could hear Ellen here when she was talking with W5JO, but I had gone back to 15 meters before Dave came in. I didn't shake anyone loose on 21.420 tonight, but 29.0 became pretty busy before signals began to fade. It was great to hear people up there. I'll pose a question about where to operate on 15 meters in a separate post. Mike Duke, K5XU American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs __ 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 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] Upper Bands Open Again Tonight
Looks like another potentially good night for AM on 15 and 10 meters. I'm listening on 21.420 right now. I'll stay there until 7:45 PM central Daylight time. Mike Duke, K5XU American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs __ 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 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] 5 States on 15 AM Tonight
In, Mi, NJ, Oh, and Pa. Not a bad evening's work! There's lots of room for more signals, so come on up! Mike Duke, K5XU American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs __ 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 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] Now on 21.420
I'm in qso with WA8YUZ near Detroit. He's totally quieting my receiver. Come on down. I also had a complete qso on 29.0 with K3MSB, and with a station in Ohio who was down in my noise level. Right now, 15 is cooking good. Come on up there and enjoy the conditions. Mike Duke, K5XU American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs __ 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 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] Upper Bands wide Open
Very strong signals from 1, 2, nd 3 land into Mississippi on 10 and 6 meters. I even heard W1VZR on 50.400 AM, but my noise level and the qsb made copy difficult. I'm going back and forth between 29.0 and 21.420 if anyone wants to try an AM qso on 10 or 15 meters. Mike Duke, K5XU American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs __ 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 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] 15 Meter AM Anyone?
Based on what I'm hearing on 10 meters, 15 should be open between Mississippi and parts of W2/W3 land. I am monitoring 21.420 until 6 PM central time if anyone wants to try an AM contact. Mike Duke, K5XU __ 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 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] 10 Meter AM QSO
I just completed a 10 minute qso on 29.0 with N3ELK in Delaware at 00:05:00Z. There was the usual qsb, but he peaked at s9 here in Mississippi. Both of us were running rice boxes in the 25 watt range. No doubt his 5 element monobander helped his signal quite a bit. I'll keep an ear on 29.0 and 21.425 as much as possible whenever I catch strong ssb signals. Come on up there and make your presence known on AM. Mike Duke, K5XU American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs __ 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 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] 10 Meters Open
I'm hearing good SSB E skip signals from the mid west into Mississippi on 10 meters at 1 PM central time. Six may be opening too, but my noise level there is such that I can't hear the weak signals. Mike Duke, K5XU American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs __ 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 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] Defenitive Listing of DX60 Mods?
Is there a web page or document out there that has all of the mods one would really want to install in a DX60 collected in one place? Hopefully I will have a 1962 vintage DX60 on the air in time for whatever conditions we experience this fall. I Know I want to add the switch-saving ptt mod, and improve the audio. Although the HR10 will not be my primary receiver, I am also beginning to slowly bring one back to life. While it will never become a serious competition grade receiver, are there any modifications that one should consider while it is disassembled? Mike Duke, K5XU American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs __ 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 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] Court Sends BPL Back to FCC
Some here may find this of significance.
See:
http://www.arrl.org
Court Finds FCC Violated Administrative Procedure Act in BPL Decision
(Apr 25, 2008) -- The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
Circuit today released its decision on the ARRL's Petition for Review
of the FCC's Orders adopting rules governing broadband over power line
(BPL) systems.
http://pacer.cadc.uscourts.gov/common/opinions/200804/06-1343-1112979.pdf
The Court said, "We grant the [ARRL's] petition in part and remand
the rule to the Commission. The Commission failed to satisfy the
notice and comment requirements of the Administrative Procedure Act
("APA") by redacting studies on which it relied in promulgating the
rule and failed to provide a reasoned explanation for its choice of
the extrapolation factor for measuring Access BPL emissions."
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[AMRadio] The QST Doctor
While the ARRL will deny it, scuttlebutt has it that the Doctor is Steve Ford, the QST Editor. Mike Duke, K5XU American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs __ 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 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] Carrier Current Devices
Early "wireless" intercom units actually used carrier current. If you and your neighbor had the same intercom equipment, and were on the same service transformer, things could become interesting, as you had an instant "listening Tom" in each other's houses. The units I played with transmitted somewhere in the lower 400 KHZ region, but their signal was so weak that I could barely detect it in a traditional receiver. Mike Duke, K5XU American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs __ 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 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] Carrier Current Transmission
Many, if not most, of the college radio stations before FM took hold, used carrier current to transmit their AM signal. You always had dead spots, even close to the transmitter. As late as the early 1990s, a company from Pennsylvania, LPB, was still manufacturing at least 2 carrier current transmitters. LPB stood for Low Power Broadcasting. I saw them in the exhibit hall of a conference of an FM sub-carrier broadcast group at least twice. LPB also made at least one broadcast control board. Mike Duke, K5XU American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs __ 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 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] Fw: determining frequency of a transmitter?
A friend recently posed this question to me. Since there are builders here who know far more about tank coils than me, I, yield to the experts. Mike Duke, K5XU - Original Message - From: "Howard Traxler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 17, 2008 7:09 AM Subject: determining frequency of a transmitter? recently I purchased a transmitter--home brew. There is no designation of what frequency band it operates. It is a plate modulated 807, crystal control (oscillator tube missing). The output tank has some rather small tuning capacitors and a air wound coil about an inch in diameter and maybe eight turns at about half inch spacing with a tap a couple turns from one end. Any ideas? Thanks 73, de Howard, WA9RYF -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.21.7/1331 - Release Date: 3/16/2008 10:34 AM __ 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 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] Noise Update
A few weeks ago, I was one of the instigators of a thread on this list about finding and eliminating noise. I have been battling a serious noise from the BC band through 40 meters since April of last year. It had been determined that the noise was coming from something in a house about a block away on another street. Today, thanks to a third party, the noise was traced to a DVD player. Once this machine was unplugged, it went away. The player was an older model. We suspect it received a spike from some nearby lightning which occurred at about the time the problem began. He says he will replace it. So for now at least, 75 and 40 meters are useable again. Mike Duke, K5XU American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs __ 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 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] 7160
Jeff, The Tom that I'm thinking of was in Langtree, TX. He talked with W5MEU a lot, and with Vern, Wb0SUJ, on 1985. Some of the last AM contacts made by Alton, W5FAP, were also on 7160. I often talked with Alton, along with his brother-in-law Oscar, W5OEB, on 7275 after I passed my General in 1970. They didn't mind talking to a kid with a weak signal and a ranger that was on its last legs. Mike Duke, K5XU American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs __ 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 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] 7160
There is still a little AM activity there, usually on Saturday or Sunday afternoon near 2:00 PM. There are a few guys in southwest Louisiana, Arkansas, and Texas that have semi-regular weekend schedules. I remember the hay day of 7160, especially on Saturday mornings and Saturday nights. There was John, W5MEU with a fine sounding BC610 from San Antonio, plus a guy named Tom, whose call I don't recall, but who had one of the best signals from a Ranger I've ever heard. There was also a guy named Paul from Illinois. Going back into the late 70s, I think the last time I heard Fred, W6QS, was on 7160 on a winter evening. Fred was loud wherever you heard him. I've never seen anything written about his station, but it would make a great subject for someone who knew him. I'm omitting many other calls from that 7160 group, but there were a bunch of guys there at least every weekend, and sometimes through the week as well. Mike Duke, K5XU American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs __ 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 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] Noise Update
Thanks to those who offered great information about using various noise canceling systems. Today my power company was at last able to speak directly with the owner of the home where my noise is originating. The home owner and I were able to determine which breaker causes the noise to disappear. He's checking to see what is connected to that breaker, and said he would call me back "soon." While the problem isn't fixed yet, at least there is dialogue. Mike Duke, K5XU American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs __ 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] Operating Modes
I operate AM because I enjoy the mode. Same goes for CW. I also enjoy SSB, but sometimes operate it out of necessity rather than simply for the pleasure. Those individuals who feel threatened by the simple fact that another amateur operates modes other than a given favorite need to get a life, or seek professional help. They are no more effective than the group who took grate pride in sporting their "shut up and learn the code" T-shirts following the advent of the codeless tech license. I run a "rice box" most of the time, and have found no valid reason to even consider offering an apology for doing so. Same goes for various converted CB rigs on 10 meters. Mike Duke, K5XU American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs __ 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: OT SSB on 510 KHz]
Wow! The /2 station really did sound good... far better than some of the so-called enhanced ssb stations I've heard. I've not paid much attention to that experiment, so I don't know how much power or antenna the participants are allowed. I figure if we ever do see an allocation near 500 khz, it will be restricted like the current one at 60 meters. The 60 meter channels, excluding perhaps channel 3 where the government station is transmitting most of the time, produce some very good signals, but are much under-utilized now that the new has worn away. K5XU __ 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] Receiver Noise Reduction Devices
I'm looking for a way to reduce a received noise which is being back-fed into a nearby powerline from something inside a house about a block away. I've been working with my power company, and we are in agreement that it is coming from the owner's side of the meter. This noise is killing all but the strongest signals on 160 and 80 meters, and is almost as bad on the lower half of 40. The noise sounds like a strong white noise on 80 and 40, and more like an electric motor on 160 and the AM bc band. Will a device such as the MFJ 1025 or 1026 reduce this noise enough to be worth spending the money for it, or should I just prey for lightning in the next block? Mike Duke, K5XU American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs __ 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] Jackson, MS Hamfest
Many of the AM and classic radio operators in the southeast regularly attend our hamfest. Of course, we always have room for more. Y'all come! JACKSON AMATEUR RADIO CLUB PRESENTS CAPITAL CITY HAMFEST MISSISSIPPI ARRL CONVENTION Friday, February 1 and Saturday, February 2, 2008 Mississippi Trade Mart Jackson, Mississippi $6 Admission valid both days Dealer tables $25 Swap tables $15 Door Prizes VE Testing Forums and Much More! For more details, or to reserve tables, see our web site. www.msham.org Mike Duke, K5XU, JARC President [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ 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] Listening on 40 & 15
I'm hearing Bill, W8VYZ on 7290. I have a high noise level, and he's barely above it. I'm also listening on 21.420 for the next half hour or so if anyone wants to try a qso. I'm not hearing any signals on 15, but I'm getting a few distant signals on 27 mhz, so go ahead and try 15. On another subject, my noise problem should be resolved soon. That's a story I'll write once the solution has been implemented. Mike Duke, K5XU American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs __ 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] Watch Upper Bands over the Holidays
It's the December E season. At this writing on Friday afternoon, 15 is open into Michigan with pretty stable 59 ssb signals. I also had a short 10 meter ssb qso with a mobile in New Jersey. So, crank up the Angel Music on these bands while you're home for the holidays. Mike Duke, K5XU American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs __ 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] Switching Multiple stations
I would like to be able to switch my 2 rice boxes and my G76 to the antennas without having to change cables each time I change rigs. Even at the non-amplified power level, I'm apprehensive about simply using an antenna switch for this purpose. What works best for switching among several stations? Mike Duke, K5XU American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs __ 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] Seeking Info on a Boatanchor Receiver
This inquiry was posted to qrp-l earlier this week. I suggested to the gentleman that someone here may be able to help him. If you can give him any information on this receiver, please reply to him directly. Thanks, K5XU - Original Message - From: "Cal Cotner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi all, Does anyone have any information on an E.M. Sargent 11AA receiver, hopefully a schematic or manual? This is a tuned radio frequency (TRF) band-switched communications receiver, manufactured in Oakland, CA, during the mid-1930s. I inquired on the Boatanchor reflector and got a bit of information. Apparently these are fairly rare. 72/73, Cal K4JSI __ 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] More about Beer Cans and Radio Matters
Will anyone else here admit to remembering the Electronics Illustrated "Send your Beer Cans to the FCC" editorial? It was from an issue in the mid 60s. I can't remember all of the details, but I remember laughing about the silliness of it with my dad, who happened to be the family member who was reading the magazine to me that evening. Mike Duke, K5XU American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs __ 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] Don't Under estimate a Ranger
In the early morning and late afternoon hours, a Ranger will deliver a pounding signal on a clear frequency. Having talked with W5SUM once on 10 meters, I know his Ranger sounds great, and will do a good job wherever he operates with it. I too will listen out for his 40 meter cw signal. Mike Duke, K5XU American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs __ 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] Getting on the Air
W5OMR is right in saying that we don't have to wait for a special event to come out of the woodwork. Lots of us will be around the house for the remainder of the weekend, including today. If this noise will let me, I'll be on 40, and will check 20 regularly. Too bad the 15 meter propagation isn't with us yet. Mike Duke, K5XU American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs __ 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] Another "Get on the Air Night"
We have the anniversary date of the expansion coming up on December 16. Why not take to the air down there in the new territory again that evening as was done last year. I'll be there if my local utility gets rid of the noise they finally located last week. Mike Duke, K5XU American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs __ 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] Old-Timer AMers?
Funny, SSB operators were making the same stereotypical statements about AM operators when I was a new SWL with a borrowed S120 in 1966. And these guys think they're "modern"! Mike Duke, K5XU American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs __ 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] Receivers
Somehow, I've managed to hang on to the HQ110A/VHF that my folks gave me for Christmas in 1968. It needs a good alignment job, and will hopefully have that soon. Then, it will be paired with a DX60. Anyone remember the Lafayette HA500? I almost settled for that one, but chose the HQ110A/VHF because it covered both 160 and 2 meters. I also have a recently acquired HQ170 that needs a thorough going through, as it only likes to work on 80 meters. In my earlier days, I started with a borrowed S120. That one is still with its original owner, who had no idea what he was starting when he loaned it to an 11-year-old for the summer back in 1966. For Christmas that year I received a Zenith, the model number of which escapes me, but it had a slide rule dial and band spread much like the S120, and drifted like an S40 on the higher bands. For brief periods I also used an RME4350A, a BC348Q, an SX62A, and an NC300. I also operated the station of a friend several times when he was using one of the "HBR" series of receivers that his dad had built from QST. His dad still has it, and it still works great. Mike Duke, K5XU American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs __ 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] Frequency Question
There is a group in Louisiana that meets on 3663 several times a week. I sometimes hear them finishing up just as I get in from work. They are generally done by 5 or shortly after. I think they also meet some during the morning, but I'm not sure when. Some days they are on ssb. I also hear Louie out of Arkansas, along with some of the same Louisiana bunch on 7160 around mid afternoon on Saturday or Sunday, but not every week. When the 75 meter phone band first expanded, I heard some activity on 3685, 3710, and 3730. However, I have been battling a very noisy power pole lightning arrester since April, so I really can't address whose where down there right now. Hopefully Entergy will make good on their promise to replace the defective unit soon, and I'll be able to hear beyond my back fence again in time for the fall season. Mike, K5XU Jackson, Ms __ 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] Popular Electronics Info?
I'm trying to track down one or two articles from Popular Electronics. If you have a collection of these magazines that include the years 1963, 64, 67, and 68, please e-mail me off list. Mike Duke, K5XU American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs __ 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] 10 & 15 Meter QSOs tonight
At about 8:15 PM local time, I called cq on 29.0. I was answered by 2 or 3 stations, but managed to dig kg4ODX out of the noise. He's in NC. We talked for a few minutes, but my ongoing noise problem was making it really tough. We then moved to 21.425, where I could hear him much better. While there, I also talked with N4CZT, also in NC. We were all using barefoot Kenwoods. So, watch the 10 meter beacons and the ssb between 28.3 and 28.5. When the signals get good there, crank up the carriers and make some noise on either 15 or 10 meters. Who knows? I just might hear you! Mike Duke, K5XU American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs __ AMRadio mailing list List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Partner Website: http://www.amfone.net 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] 20 Meter AM Lives
Approximately 30 minutes ago, I answered a cq from W8VYZ. During our qso, I worked 2 stations near Pittsburgh, and one in Toronto. They could all hear me, but were all skipping over Mr. Bill. So, activate those long idle 20 meter crystals, and generate some Angel Music. Don't be bashful; I did this with my 25 watts and 3 element tri-bander. I'm still also checking 15 and 10 meters whenever the SSB activity gets strong. Mike Duke, K5XU American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs __ AMRadio mailing list List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Partner Website: http://www.amfone.net 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] My Current EF Johnson Messenger 2 Audio
Wow! That's incredible! __ AMRadio mailing list List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Partner Website: http://www.amfone.net 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] Better AM audio for a EF Johnson Messenger2
I remember being amazed as a 10 year-old when a family CB friend changed from the stock Johnson hand mic to a non-amplified Turner desk mic on his Messenger 2. The fidelity improvement was incredible. So, install your favorite mic connector. Then, follow your ears and your instincts. If you want to keep the physical appearance unaltered, just put the connector on a pig tail. I have two Messenger 1 units awaiting restoration myself. At least one of them will end up on 10 meters. The other is so dirty that it may end up as the poster child for a cleaning product. Mike Duke, K5XU __ AMRadio mailing list List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Partner Website: http://www.amfone.net 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] 10 Meter AM Open
Beginning just after 11:30 AM central time, I had a 15 minute qso with Bob, K0RDF in Mo. I had to bale out when the phone rang. Haven't heard any other AM on 10, and none on 15. He was running a great sounding Ranger, and I was on my usual Kenwood TS570. Mike Duke, K5XU American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs __ AMRadio mailing list List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Partner Website: http://www.amfone.net 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] 7290 Last Night
Yes, I worked Bill briefly about a half hour after I sent the question about who was on 7290. The station I couldn't dig out was not him. He came on a little later, and called several cq's with a pretty decent signal despite my local noise. He was able to pull out most of my 25 watt rice box mumblings! K5XU __ AMRadio mailing list List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Partner Website: http://www.amfone.net 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] Whose on 7290 at 0215?
I'm hearing a word or two from an AM station on 7290. I don't think it's a bc station, but it's way down in the noise. Mike Duke, K5XU American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs __ AMRadio mailing list List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Partner Website: http://www.amfone.net 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.
