[AMRadio] FM on 29.050...

[Carl Hyde]

Gee Jim I'm one of those appliance operators who operates 10 meter FM on the
proper frequency of 29,600. If you can't say something nice.................



--- Jim Candela <JCandela at prodigy.net> wrote:
> 
>     Today I was driving home, and calling several CQ's on 10 am PW mobile.
> No response. I heard a KL7 sigh out on 29.066, and a Kh6 sign out on 29.000
> mc. The band was quiet, i.e. no signals between 29-29.1 mc. It was dark, so
> I said what the heck. I went to 29.050, switched to FM, and went up 6 db in
> power to 70 watts output, and called CQ 10 FM.....
> 
>     Much to my surprise, I had a pile-up of AM stations yelling at me, the
> am band plan, etc. Nobody tried to talk to me about it, so with my blood
> sugar low, I kept calling CQ FM.... Two more nice long CQ's. I felt like
> George Jefferson after moving into Archie Bunkers neighborhood!
> 
>     I am a AM'er first, and over the last 20 years, I have on occasion
> worked 10 FM in the AM portion. I recall some fond QSO's with pete, w1vzr.
> We were both running AM gear with home made reactance modulators. If you run
> 10 fm at the high end of 10 meters, the "appliance factor" seems to
> dominate, and I have little to say to those chaps.
> 
>     So now that my blood sugar is back to normal, I appologize to the AM'ers
> that were so offended by me calling CQ FM in the am portion of ten meters at
> a time of day when the band normally fizzles out.
> 
> Regards,
> Jim Candela
> WD5JKO
> 
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=====
Carl H.

A good friend will help you move.
A really good friend will help you move a body.

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