[AMRadio] Operating on 14.286

Mon Nov 22 23:14:21 EST 2010

W6QS from the left coast and W3PHL from Penn in the East. PHL ran several "super 
modulation" rigs.
Many good QSOs back then.
I hope as conditions improve there will be more activity on 20 and 10 AM. 
Today there was a wide opening on 10 all across South America with a few US 
signals.
Perhaps AMers should pick a frequency around 28,350 for AM calling. Maybe more 
will show up. 
The CB band was wall to wall signals. I use them as a beacon to tell when the 
band opens.
Don HC4/W4BWS

----- Original Message ----
From: "Mike Duke, K5XU" <k5xu at comcast.net>
To: Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service <amradio at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Mon, November 22, 2010 10:22:30 PM
Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Operating on 14.286

Jay said exactly what I was about to write.

If you missed his comment about AM on 14.286, see below my signature.

Les, K6HQI, was the west coast flagship station on 14.286. From the 
time I acquired my first short-wave receiver in 1966, until his death 
at least 15 or so years ago, I could probably count the evenings when 
Les wasn't on the air on my fingers and toes. His signal was always 
very good.

However, the unquestionable 20 meter powerhouse signal from the west 
coast into Mississippi was Fred, W6QS. Fred wasn't on the air as often 
as K6HQI, but, when he was there, as one of my SWL friends described 
it, he was "beyond loud!"

If my memory is correct, W6QS was a key player in a movement known as 
the AM Rebellion, which ran through the early and mid 1960s. I think 
this group was the really big promoter of "super modulation."

Maybe someone here can give us that chapter of AM operating history.

Mike Duke, K5XU

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jay Bromley"
Subject: Re: [AMRadio] FW: AM Station at W1AW

There needs to be another beacon like Ashtabula Bill W8VYZ!  When 
Bill, Les
K6HQI, and Ralph KD6OS held court there was a ton of activity!  73 de
jay/w5jay..

Have you heard anything on 14.286 in the past few years? It was active 
here
on the LEFT COAST until about 5 years ago then it dried up and the SSB
people moved in.

Bob Macklin
K5MYJ
Seattle, Wa.
"Real Radios Glow In The Dark"

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Donald Sanders" <w4bws at yahoo.com>
To: "Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service"
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Sent: Monday, November 22, 2010 1:09 PM
Subject: Re: [AMRadio] FW: AM Station at W1AW

Using a older tube pi network transmitter is like driving a stick 
shift.
You can enjoy it after you use it a while and you never forget, just 
maybe
have trouble remembering after a while. I miss my old boatanchors.
But had to lighten the load when moving.
BTW, I monitor 14.285 listening for AM stationswhen 20 is open.
Don HC4/W4BWS

----- Original Message ----
From: "Todd, KA1KAQ" <ka1kaq at gmail.com>
To: Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service 
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Sent: Mon, November 22, 2010 3:54:22 PM
Subject: Re: [AMRadio] FW: AM Station at W1AW

On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 3:48 PM, Robert Lawson <w4rl at bellsouth.net> 
wrote:
> I love it! Three other studios with modern rigs of which to
> use.......but the need of ARRL technical supervision on using
> (tuning/transmitting) boatanchors. Yep we love and use the 'real'
> radios,.....the kind that can kill'ya. <grin>

Yet it's amazing just how fast someone picks it up once they get
interest in AM and/or old gear.

The fact that new rigs don't require it doesn't mean everyone
shouldn't know the basics of how a transmitter tunes. IWho knows when
it might come in handy? In my opinion, of course.

~ Todd/KAQ
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