[AMRadio] AM Activity?

[peter markavage]

Les:
I'm sure conditions have a lot to do with the activity. Since I'm not an
early riser, working stations at 4, 5, 6 AM is generally not an option
for me. Also, I generally prefer one-on-one QSO's rather than net
participation. Hope you get that 100V on the air soon. That is my
favorite AM rig. I can't remember the last time I fired up my Valiant,
Ranger, or Apache.

Pete, wa2cwa

On Fri, 29 Jul 2005 04:28:42 -0700 "wb6orz" <wb6orz at pacbell.net> writes:
>     Hi, Pete. Interesting post.
>     Maybe AM activity has fallen off some because of the conditions, 
> but out 
> here the AMI Net still holds forth weekely on 3870, with as many as 
> 40-50 or 
> more check-ins. Also, we have a local AM Early Birds Net Sat AM's, 
> with 
> several regulars (including me).
>     In terms of any general fall-off, maybe it's the aging of the 
> group, of 
> course we know that phenonenon.
>     My Valiant and Ranger are faithful, and I've been meaning to run 
> my CE 
> 100V on AM, when I recently heard another on the air, it sounded 
> great. 
> Angel Music.
>     (((((73)))))
>     Les
>     ---===WB6ORZ===---
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "peter markavage" <manualman at juno.com>
> To: <amradio at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2005 11:19 PM
> Subject: Re: [AMRadio] AM Activity?
> 
> 
> > With all the AM rigs changing hands over the last several years, 
> and the
> > AM mode being included on most of the current crop of 
> transceivers, one
> > might wonder why isn't AM heard more often on the bands. I've even 
> notice
> > that AM in the Northeast, less a few regulars or irregulars 
> depending on
> > who is drawing the description, is not as active as it use to be. 
> As we
> > head to minimum in the cycle, 40, 80, and 160  meters, because of  
> lower
> > noise conditions, should be great. Maybe they're all going 
> digital.
> >
> > Pete, wa2cwa
> >
> > On Thu, 28 Jul 2005 17:30:54 -0700 "Bob Macklin" 
> <macklinbob at msn.com>
> > writes:
> >> The 40M AM frequency is 7290. But I have only heard SSB there and 
> not
> >> very
> >> often.
> >>
> >> I have not heard anything on 14286 in well over a year.
> >>
> >> And in the PNW 3870 is dead because of band conditions.
> >>
> >> Bob Macklin
> >> K5MYJ/7
> >> Seattle, Wa.