Re: [AMRadio] AM frequencies
Cancel last Bob...just read about your antenna situation. Too bad you can't string a piece of # 28 outside the penthouse...would anyone find out? I have a lot of info about loops on my web site. They work very very well and might just be the ticket for you. Just tune them with a variable cap acrosss the main winding with a one turn pick-up loop to the rx via 50 ohm cable. You might benefit from a small preamp if your loop is smaller than 4'. Steve / VE7SL Web: THE VE7SL RADIO NOTEBOOK at http://www.imagenisp.ca/jsm [L.F. Loops ] [Tuna Tin DX] [H.F. Maritime/Aero DX] [Crystal Radio DXing] [136 kHz Band] [NDB DX]
Re: [AMRadio] AM frequencies
Steve, I am down in the bottom of the Kent Valley. I live in senior apartment. But at least on the 4th floor. I cannot have an outside antenna. Last year I was able to copy K7RLD in Bellevue and the person in Lacy. But now nothing. John(K7RLD) is over the hill from me about 20 miles. The current antenna ia only a 40M 1/4W wire. It starts in the SE corner of my livingroom and goes west about 18' then turns north and termiates in the bedroom. I am planning aon a second leg going north for about 18' then going west for the remainder. But it will only be a 40M 1/2W dipole because that's all there is room for. My livingroom window faces south. I don't hear much on 75M anymore. On 75M I have about a S5 noise level on the SB-301 and about a S9 noise level on the SX-110. It's not a receiver problem. The SB-301, HR-10, and SX-110 all behave the same way. If there were 40M operation I think I might have a chance. And I am hoping to possibly see some 10M AM operation. Bob Macklin K5MYJ/7 Seattle, Wa. REAL RADIOS GLOW IN THE DARK - Original Message - From: Steve McDonald [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Discussion of AM Radio amradio@mailman.qth.net Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2005 6:35 PM Subject: Re: [AMRadio] AM frequencies Here in Seattle I have lost the NW group because my antenna runs east to west. And all the acivity is off the end to the east of me. Surely your 75m antenna is not THAT directional? What is it?? All of the NW guys are very loud up here, even the Idaho gang, on any piece of wire hung onto the rx. Steve / VE7SL / Mayne Island, BC __ AMRadio mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net
[AMRadio] AM frequencies
Could someone list or point me to a source of typical Amateur Radio AM calling frequencies on the LF/HF bands? Thanks
RE: [AMRadio] AM frequencies
http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/regulations/bandplan.html 73 Tim, AG4XM -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Paul Baldock Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2005 3:06 PM To: amradio@mailman.qth.net Subject: [AMRadio] AM frequencies Could someone list or point me to a source of typical Amateur Radio AM calling frequencies on the LF/HF bands? Thanks __ AMRadio mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net
Re: [AMRadio] AM frequencies
In the NE try 3885. In the NW try 3870. The 40M frequency is 7290. The 20M frequency is 14286 The 10M frequency is 29000 and up to about 29050(?). Bob Macklin K5MYJ/7 Seattle, Wa. REAL RADIOS GLOW IN THE DARK - Original Message - From: Paul Baldock [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: amradio@mailman.qth.net Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2005 12:06 PM Subject: [AMRadio] AM frequencies Could someone list or point me to a source of typical Amateur Radio AM calling frequencies on the LF/HF bands? Thanks __ AMRadio mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net
Re: [AMRadio] AM frequencies
At 01:33 PM 5/3/05 -0700, you wrote: In the NE try 3885. In the NW try 3870. The 40M frequency is 7290. The 20M frequency is 14286 The 10M frequency is 29000 and up to about 29050(?). Thanks. I just acquired a Johnson Viking Valiant and am anxious to get back in to the old ways. Regards Paul - KW7Y - Camano Island
RE: [AMRadio] AM frequencies
On Tue, 3 May 2005, Grant Youngman wrote: You'll also find activity around 3825 from time to time, and anywhere between 3870-3890 or so, depending on whether or not the owners are around. Apparently there are a small number of exceptionally professional amateurs to whom the FCC has sold dedicated, sole-use frequencies, which you MUST NOT USE even if the frequencies are clear. Many frequencies in the 80M band especially seem to fall into this category :-) soap_box_rant = on And it's about time that shit came to a screeching halt, IMHO - it's bad enough all the harrasment from the sideband-only clowns, but this pedantic formal, ritualized modulation bigotry is just making the SSBer's point for them. I think the answer is to be very polite, courteous, and respectful, and also to run about 530.25 RMS watts into the antennae with clean, spur-free compandored 100% modulation - adhering all the while to the Commission's Rules and to the Gentlemen's Agreement Bandplan(s). And let 'em rant and rave all they want. That's what my Valiant, amp, and R-390 will be doing, as soon as I get the HF loop working again - soon! /soap Cheers John KB6SCO Carson City
Re: [AMRadio] AM frequencies
About HF loops? I live in a senior apartment and I can't have an outdoor antenna. The ARRL Stealth Radio Book mentions loops but does not give much infomation on them. I live on the fouth floor(in the PENTHOUSE) and I have a 4' by 6' livingroom window. I have been thinking about making a 75M loop that would fit in the window. But none of the infomation I have been able to find tells me how to make a tuner for it. Bob Macklin K5MYJ/7 Seattle, Wa. REAL RADIOS GLOW IN THE DARK - Original Message - From: John Lawson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Discussion of AM Radio amradio@mailman.qth.net Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2005 2:17 PM Subject: RE: [AMRadio] AM frequencies On Tue, 3 May 2005, Grant Youngman wrote: You'll also find activity around 3825 from time to time, and anywhere between 3870-3890 or so, depending on whether or not the owners are around. Apparently there are a small number of exceptionally professional amateurs to whom the FCC has sold dedicated, sole-use frequencies, which you MUST NOT USE even if the frequencies are clear. Many frequencies in the 80M band especially seem to fall into this category :-) soap_box_rant = on And it's about time that shit came to a screeching halt, IMHO - it's bad enough all the harrasment from the sideband-only clowns, but this pedantic formal, ritualized modulation bigotry is just making the SSBer's point for them. I think the answer is to be very polite, courteous, and respectful, and also to run about 530.25 RMS watts into the antennae with clean, spur-free compandored 100% modulation - adhering all the while to the Commission's Rules and to the Gentlemen's Agreement Bandplan(s). And let 'em rant and rave all they want. That's what my Valiant, amp, and R-390 will be doing, as soon as I get the HF loop working again - soon! /soap Cheers John KB6SCO Carson City __ AMRadio mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net
[AMRadio] AM Frequencies
Oddly enough, one of the clearest frequencies lately here in Mississippi has been 14.286. Sometimes there is ssb competition, but more often than not, it's pretty clear. Last night, for instance, Ve4BX, along with Brian in the Ucon, and Ve6CQ were all pounding in on an absolutely clear frequency. The signals were so clear that they reminded me of the days when Fred, W6QS, ran God only knows how much power, and Les, K6HQI could run his 833s at full tilt. Both of those guys are long gone, but I spent many a happy hour listening to their rock-crushing signals as a kid. I actually did talk with Les once about a year before he died. Mike Duke, K5XU American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs
RE: [AMRadio] AM frequencies
Ouch! At 03:43 PM 5/3/05 -0500, you wrote: In the NE try 3885. In the NW try 3870. The 40M frequency is 7290. The 20M frequency is 14286 The 10M frequency is 29000 and up to about 29050(?). You'll also find activity around 3825 from time to time, and anywhere between 3870-3890 or so, depending on whether or not the owners are around. Apparently there are a small number of exceptionally professional amateurs to whom the FCC has sold dedicated, sole-use frequencies, which you MUST NOT USE even if the frequencies are clear. Many frequencies in the 80M band especially seem to fall into this category :-) Also from time to time 7160 and 7200 give or take. Grant/NQ5T __ AMRadio mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.296 / Virus Database: 266.10.4 - Release Date: 4/27/05
Re: [AMRadio] AM frequencies
Bob, a smallloop for 75 meters would be 60 feet in circumference, use a 50 to 80 PF capacitor to tune it with 3000 volt airgap for up to 100 watts. You will also need a remote drive motor as the bandwidth is about 12 Khz. If you can get to your roof, you would be better to run a loop around the outside of building as a full wave loop on 80 meters, 274 feet of wire and feed with ladder line for all band use.It would be hard to see and the ladderline would run tight against the building down to your apartment. Otherwise, an endfed wire from your apartment up over the roof to the farr siude would work with a 1/4 wave counterpoise on 80,40 ,20 etc runing around the edge of the room and tied to copper cold water pipe if possible. Several years ago I installed a loop on the room of a condo and ran the 450 ladder line down through the plastic vent pipe to the bathroom. We cut a hole in the vent pipe in the bathroom to enter the ladder line then ran it to the rig in the bedroom.Worked very well. We were lucky that the vent pipt was accessable through a small hole, about 4 inches diameter, in the wall over which we hung a picture. Healthfully yours, Don W4BWS DON - Original Message - From: Bob Macklin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Discussion of AM Radio amradio@mailman.qth.net Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2005 4:30 PM Subject: Re: [AMRadio] AM frequencies About HF loops? I live in a senior apartment and I can't have an outdoor antenna. The ARRL Stealth Radio Book mentions loops but does not give much infomation on them. I live on the fouth floor(in the PENTHOUSE) and I have a 4' by 6' livingroom window. I have been thinking about making a 75M loop that would fit in the window. But none of the infomation I have been able to find tells me how to make a tuner for it. Bob Macklin K5MYJ/7 Seattle, Wa. REAL RADIOS GLOW IN THE DARK - Original Message - From: John Lawson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Discussion of AM Radio amradio@mailman.qth.net Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2005 2:17 PM Subject: RE: [AMRadio] AM frequencies On Tue, 3 May 2005, Grant Youngman wrote: You'll also find activity around 3825 from time to time, and anywhere between 3870-3890 or so, depending on whether or not the owners are around. Apparently there are a small number of exceptionally professional amateurs to whom the FCC has sold dedicated, sole-use frequencies, which you MUST NOT USE even if the frequencies are clear. Many frequencies in the 80M band especially seem to fall into this category :-) soap_box_rant = on And it's about time that shit came to a screeching halt, IMHO - it's bad enough all the harrasment from the sideband-only clowns, but this pedantic formal, ritualized modulation bigotry is just making the SSBer's point for them. I think the answer is to be very polite, courteous, and respectful, and also to run about 530.25 RMS watts into the antennae with clean, spur-free compandored 100% modulation - adhering all the while to the Commission's Rules and to the Gentlemen's Agreement Bandplan(s). And let 'em rant and rave all they want. That's what my Valiant, amp, and R-390 will be doing, as soon as I get the HF loop working again - soon! /soap Cheers John KB6SCO Carson City __ AMRadio mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net __ AMRadio mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net
Re: [AMRadio] AM frequencies
Here in Seattle I have lost the NW group because my antenna runs east to west. And all the acivity is off the end to the east of me. Surely your 75m antenna is not THAT directional? What is it?? All of the NW guys are very loud up here, even the Idaho gang, on any piece of wire hung onto the rx. Steve / VE7SL / Mayne Island, BC
Re: [AMRadio] AM frequencies
Don't forget 15M - 21.425. As 10 is getting worse, a lot of us 10M afficionados have been using 15M. 73 Mark K3MSB - Original Message - From: Bob Macklin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Discussion of AM Radio amradio@mailman.qth.net Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2005 4:33 PM Subject: Re: [AMRadio] AM frequencies In the NE try 3885. In the NW try 3870. The 40M frequency is 7290. The 20M frequency is 14286 The 10M frequency is 29000 and up to about 29050(?). Bob Macklin K5MYJ/7 Seattle, Wa. REAL RADIOS GLOW IN THE DARK - Original Message - From: Paul Baldock [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: amradio@mailman.qth.net Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2005 12:06 PM Subject: [AMRadio] AM frequencies Could someone list or point me to a source of typical Amateur Radio AM calling frequencies on the LF/HF bands? Thanks __ AMRadio mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net __ AMRadio mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net
