RE: [AMRadio] 40 Meter AM Ops from the Past

2008-11-24 Thread Bob Carpenter
al Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joe Crawford Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2008 2:55 PM To: Mike Duke, K5XU; Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service Subject: Re: [AMRadio] 40 Meter AM Ops from the Past How about the AM operators of the past on 75m? Anyon

Re: {SPAMFILTER} Re: [AMRadio] 40 Meter AM Ops from the Past

2008-11-23 Thread Anthony W. DePrato
At 09:21 PM 11/23/2008, you wrote: How about the AM operators of the past on 75m? yes I ran AM up till 1969 when mom and dad need SSB to stay in contact with me as i sailed the sea's and humped the delta.. they stayed on 3960 and held a net on weekends . Blue Grass Hoot Owl Net.. ran from 6

Re: [AMRadio] 40 Meter AM Ops from the Past

2008-11-23 Thread Joe Crawford
How about the AM operators of the past on 75m? Anyone remember WA5FHP, Paul, in DeQuincy, LA? He used to have running battles with the slopbuckets on 3950 back in the 1960's and 1970's, maybe even early 1980's. Joe W4

Re: [AMRadio] 40 Meter AM Ops from the Past

2008-11-23 Thread Jim Wilhite
I talk to Boyd, W4ZWE regularly. He is in a little town called Channing, TX which in adjacent to Boy's Town of movie fame. He has some AM gear but is not as active as years past on AM. His signal into the South of Oklahoma is very good. In fact I helped him locate the mounting hardware for

Re: [AMRadio] 40 Meter AM Ops from the Past

2008-11-23 Thread Joe Crawford
It was a sad day when the Kingfish died in July 1971. I was SWL'ing in those days.7295 was the holdout against the ssb crowd. Sally was in Waynesville, N.C. Sid was in East Point, GA and I can't remember the town in SC where Jim W4DXW was in.I heard Sid mobile several times running a Gonset G-76