[AMRadio] Operating on 14.286

Tue Nov 23 14:51:50 EST 2010

I used to try to check into the 14.286 net back in the late `80s. Talk about
a gathering of Eagles. Les of course, Bill W8VYZ, Ozona Bob W5PYT, Tim
WA1HLR, Doug VE4BX, and a host of others.

When the band was open one didn`t need much power. I was running a stock
Ranger l with a sloping dipole, listening on a National NC-57. One night Les
and I had a pipeline and he insisted that I admit to the linear amp I was
running! Made my day; kinda like the high school lineman who picks up a
fumble and ambles into the endzone! You don`t forget those moments... Les
was for many years in charge of Standards and Measurements at Hughes
Aircraft. He insisted that everyone be zerobeat 14.286.

Les actually visited my QTH during one of his around the nation jaunts. He
wore an artificial leg and if I remember correctly had lost his leg in WW2
during the Battle of the Bulge. Never slowed him down. He was originally
from Science Hill, Kentucky.

73,

Michael  WB4AQL

On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 10:22 PM, Mike Duke, K5XU <k5xu at comcast.net> wrote:

> 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"
> <amradio at mailman.qth.net>
> 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
> <amradio at mailman.qth.net>
> 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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