[AMRadio] "Real" AM'er

[Bernie Doran]

Hi Jim: as several have said try down around 3705. The only time I go to the 
top end is to check into the Collins Collecter Net.  There is very very 
little that I want to listen to in the "AM window"   Sad that it is called 
that, some one interested in possibly trying AM might think that is 
typical!!
  Bernie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James M. Walker" <chejmw at buffalo.edu>
To: "Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service" 
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Sent: Monday, November 28, 2011 9:02 AM
Subject: Re: [AMRadio] "Real" AM'er


> Well,
> Just moved to new home, got on 80 meters with a DX-100.
> Listened to the garbage on 3880! Tried to join the group for
> a signal report, gasp, the monologue was going on forever,
> waited, then called in the break, was classed as a "PW"
> station, so now I know what to do, stay "AWAY" from that crowd!
>
> BC-610s are coming together nicely, and the 80 meter inverted vee
> is ready to go up at about 60 feet, broke my sling-shot gotta find
> another.
>
> Next time I transmit on 3880, I will just call "CQ" and ignore all the 
> junk
> from the "Professionals". I mean how long can you rant about a mixer?
>
> The folks I was used to talking to had "Class, and Style", and great 
> signals
> guess they got tired of the "Garbage" also did not hear any of them on.
>
> Jim WB2FCN
> REAL-RADIO in Buffalo
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "D. Chester" <k4kyv at charter.net>
> To: <amradio at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Saturday, November 26, 2011 1:22 PM
> Subject: Re: [AMRadio] "Real" AM'er
>
>
>>> From: Brett Gazdzinski <Brett.Gazdzinski at verizon.net>
>>
>>> The trick is to enjoy the hobby and not let anything that happens get 
>>> you
>>> worked up.
>>
>> I agree. Some people take the most trivial stuff far too seriously.
>>
>>> Jamming? Turn the stuff off and do something else, or go some place else
>>> and
>>> call CQ.
>>
>> Now, I have a problem with that. It's like bowing down to the bullies on
>> the
>> playground, handing over your lunch money and letting them get away with
>> kicking you around. They will just come round to-morrow expecting to get
>> away with the same thing again.  Too many members of the AM community 
>> wimp
>> out at the slightest provocation, tuck their tail between their legs, and
>> flee the scene as soon as they encounter heckling. When you do that, the
>> hecklers just "won" and you let them know they did.
>>
>> Equip your station with a transmitter and erect an antenna system with
>> sufficient "strap" that you can continue about your business. Ignore the
>> miscreants and pretend they  don't exist. They will quickly become
>> frustrated and go away.
>>
>> NEVER make any mention of  intentional QRM or jammers when you face them
>> over the air.  Once you acknowledge their existence in any way, you just
>> made their day. The absolutely worst thing you can  do is to try to argue
>> or
>> debate with them over the air, or P&M about the deliberate interference.
>> Take a more subtle approach: STRAP SOFTLY AND TURN UP THE WICK.
>>
>> To quote Ashtabula Bill: "Ain't a slopbucket in North America can bother
>> me."
>>
>>
>> Don, k4kyv
>>
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