[AMRadio] Re: Low Power AM Night

[Paul Goodman]

I run my 5 watt homebrew series mod. xmtr as oten as
conditions permit on 75 meters.  From my QTH about 15
miles NW of Binghamton, NY I've worked into Michigan
and northern VT with pretty good signal and audio
reports. But it also takes a pretty quiet band that
hasn't gone long that will allow this kind of
operating.  

I didn't take the Dale's remarks in ER as a putdown
and I don't think Dale meant to insult us low power
operators.  I think he was just trying to provide
instruction for newcomers to AM operating who have yet
to grasp the concept that just because you can hear
the other guy doesn't mean the other guy can hear you.
Anyway, that's just my view of the matter. 

Paul K2ORC

> This is important, especially in light of the "don't
> bother trying for an AM 
> QSO unless you're running a BIG RIG" attitude I've
> been running into.  Even 
> the latest issue of Electric Radio carries an AMI
> column devoted to the idea 
> that stations with low or medium AM power output (or
> less than super 
> antennas) should avoid frustrating the higher-power
> stations with their 
> peanut-whistles.  
> 
> Steve  WD8DAS
> 
> sbjohnston at aol.com
> 
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