Re: [AMRadio] 40M AM (Was: re: Amateur Radio Exam Question)
On Feb 8, 2008 10:34 AM, JT Croteau [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Todd, or anyone, what is the activity like on 40M AM these days? Is there any? Absolutely! Most activity takes place mornings-mid afternoon on weekends (I work weekdays, so can't comment beyond Sat-Sun) when the band starts to get noisy with international broadcast stations. Sometimes it's very late in the day, and occasionally band conditions are good at night. Noise and interference affects us east coast types more and earlier than the gang in the midwest. 7.280-7.295 has regular activity, though some reports have been made of AM activity in the new, expanded phone portion as well. I've just never gotten down there. When I get my AM station on the air, I will likely be sending a fair amount of time on 40 (if there is activity) as my current antenna is a resonant 40M dipole. Exactly the route I took when returning to the air in 2006 after 11-12 years away. Spent about 2 months on 40 until getting the old 75m dipole up in late April. Ashtabula Bill hangs out on 40 a lot, had a very nice chat with him and W0VMC a couple weekends back. Planning to be on there over the weekend, if you get things working by then. If not, give a yell later if you want to do some on air testing as I'm not terribly far from your location. 73, Todd KA1KAQ __ 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] 40M AM (Was: re: Amateur Radio Exam Question)
I have the same interest. The longest dipole I can have is a 40M one. O live in a 4th floor RETIREMEN APARTMENT. I cannot have an outdoor antenna or access to the attic. My apartment is 20ft by 20ft with the livingroom window facing south. My antenna starts in SE corner. One leg goes west about 18ft to the SW corner then turns north to the NW corner of my bedroom. The other leg goes from the SE corner north about 20ft to the NE corner then turns west to the NW corner of my kitchen A couple of years ago I was hearing 40M SSB between 7200 and 7300 during contests. And at times I could hear people from Central California in the 7200 to 7300 segment even during non contest times. Right now the only time I am hearing anything on 40M is during contests. Bob Macklin K5MYJ Seattle, Wa, Real Radios Glow in the Dark - Original Message - From: JT Croteau [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service amradio@mailman.qth.net Sent: Friday, February 08, 2008 7:34 AM Subject: [AMRadio] 40M AM (Was: re: Amateur Radio Exam Question) On Feb 8, 2008 10:23 AM, Todd, KA1KAQ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hope to hear more of you on the air over the weekend. Todd, or anyone, what is the activity like on 40M AM these days? Is there any? When I get my AM station on the air, I will likely be sending a fair amount of time on 40 (if there is activity) as my current antenna is a resonant 40M dipole. I've never used SSB or any modes other than CW and RTTY/PSK on 40M so I have no clue what to expect. I've been able to use a transmatch on this 40M dipole before to get favorable results on 80M CW/DATA but it is a cloudburner for the most part and only good for regional work. I'm going to be putting up new antennas this spring. -- JT Croteau, N1ESE - Manchester, NH (FN42gx) Contest Manager, TARA Skirmish __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body. __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
Re: [AMRadio] 40M AM (Was: re: Amateur Radio Exam Question)
O.K. I thought it was Mr. Bill and Karen fighting over a piece of cake at one of the meetings ..klc - Original Message - From: JT Croteau [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Friday, February 8, 2008 1:22 pm Subject: Re: [AMRadio] 40M AM (Was: re: Amateur Radio Exam Question) To: Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service amradio@mailman.qth.net On Feb 8, 2008 1:09 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Whats a TARA Skirmish ?? It's a multi-mode digital contest with the goal of working unique prefixes on each digital mode. The contest is sponsored by the Troy Amateur Radio Association (TARA). TARA sponsors four unique digital cotests each year. I'm a young (ish) computer geek so digital modes, mostly RTTY, PSK, and Olivia, has been a big part of my amateur career since the beginning. -- JT Croteau, N1ESE - Manchester, NH (FN42gx) Contest Manager, TARA Skirmish __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body. __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
Re: [AMRadio] 40M AM (Was: re: Amateur Radio Exam Question)
There is activity, but as said, the b'cast mucks things up. For a while, thers was some activity after 10 PM est, but i've not been on that late.. My last 40m contact was with Don, K4KYV, sometime last spring. Whats a TARA Skirmish ?? klc - Original Message - From: JT Croteau [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Friday, February 8, 2008 10:35 am Subject: [AMRadio] 40M AM (Was: re: Amateur Radio Exam Question) To: Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service amradio@mailman.qth.net On Feb 8, 2008 10:23 AM, Todd, KA1KAQ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hope to hear more of you on the air over the weekend. Todd, or anyone, what is the activity like on 40M AM these days? Is there any? When I get my AM station on the air, I will likely be sending a fair amount of time on 40 (if there is activity) as my current antenna is a resonant 40M dipole. I've never used SSB or any modes other than CW and RTTY/PSK on 40M so I have no clue what to expect. I've been able to use a transmatch on this 40M dipole before to get favorable results on 80M CW/DATA but it is a cloudburner for the most part and only good for regional work. I'm going to be putting up new antennas this spring. -- JT Croteau, N1ESE - Manchester, NH (FN42gx) Contest Manager, TARA Skirmish __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body. __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
Re: [AMRadio] 40M AM (Was: re: Amateur Radio Exam Question)
On Feb 8, 2008 1:09 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Whats a TARA Skirmish ?? It's a multi-mode digital contest with the goal of working unique prefixes on each digital mode. The contest is sponsored by the Troy Amateur Radio Association (TARA). TARA sponsors four unique digital cotests each year. I'm a young (ish) computer geek so digital modes, mostly RTTY, PSK, and Olivia, has been a big part of my amateur career since the beginning. -- JT Croteau, N1ESE - Manchester, NH (FN42gx) Contest Manager, TARA Skirmish __ 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.
