[AMRadio] "Real" AM'er

Mon Nov 28 15:20:10 EST 2011

Hey Bernie,
Howdy! I am and always have been a "General" operator (License from high 
school)
Didn't need anymore than that! Been an "Engineer" since ever, after being in 
the
Military. I have been away from radio operating for a while now, and am 
getting
the "Stations" back together and on the air! I run little rigs and "BIG 
RIGS"
and have receivers that "work". Been listening for a bit since I moved and 
was
ready to have a "regular" QSO, those folks need better manners is all.

My RCA BTA1M is sitting on 160 meters and moving it to 80 won't take much
retuning! However I figure I'll just put one of my BC-610s on 80 easier to 
tune
and such. Plunk down on the frequency and call "CQ" like W2OY used to do
That should stop the "Nonsense". Things seem to have gone bad cause no one
calls them to task! That changes now.

If you like I will send ya an email when I turn on the BC-610, "Let's See 
What Happens"!!

Jim
"I'M Back!"
WB2FCN
http://eshop1.chem.buffalo.edu/

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bernie Doran" <qedconsultants at embarqmail.com>
To: "Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service" 
<amradio at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, November 28, 2011 2:21 PM
Subject: Re: [AMRadio] "Real" AM'er

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