[AMRadio] AM on 2 meters?

[W7QHO at aol.com]

Ed,

No designated "AM window" on 2M that I'm aware of but check with your local 
coordinator.   The California band plan is as shown below.   I understand that 
144.4 is/was a traditional AM spot, but out here in the SW that frequency is 
wiped out by packet activity on 144.390 that runs day and night.   Because of 
this, an AM group in/around Phoenix, AZ, uses 144.45. No regular 2M AM activity 
here in the LA area currently but a few of us have been looking at 144.45 and 
also 144.265.   The latter freq. is down in the "SSB/CW/General Operation" 
area, see below.   Would seem to me AM operation in any of the "FM and other 
modes" areas would be acceptable.   Understand, though, someone will bitch 
wherever you try to operate.

144.000 - 144.100     CW   only (Part 97.61a)
144.100 - 144.275     SSB/CW General Operation
144.275 - 144.300     Propagation Beacons
144.300 - 144.500     FM and other modes
144.500 - 144.900     Repeater Inputs
144.900 - 145.100     Digital (Packet) (exception is 144.97)
145.100 - 145.500     Repeater Outputs
145.500 - 145.600     FW and other modes
145.600 - 145.700     Digital (Packet)
145.700 - 145.800     Simplex autopatches, FM and   other modes
145.800 - 146.000     OSCAR Satellite Inputs and Outputs
146.000 - 146.415     Repeater Inputs/Outputs
146,415 - 146.600     FM and   other modes
146.600 - 147.400     Repeater Input/Output
147.400 - 147.600     FM and   other modes
147.600 - 148.000     Repeater Input/Output

I run an   SCR-522 and Hallicrafters SR-43 on 2M AM, BTW.

Dennis D.   W7QHO
Glendale, CA



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