[AMRadio] "Real" AM'er

[Mark K3MSB]

Hi Ellen --

I did have to chuckle at your mention of us being ridiculed about
contesting.  On Thanksgiving Day I had a QSO with a fellow in California on
10M AM;  I was running my 5100B and he was running a Globe King 500.  We
soon found out we were CW contesters and DXers, and had a great discussion
of up coming contests and DXpeditions -- all via vintage hollow state
AM.    Loved it!!

73 Mark K3MSB

On Sun, Nov 27, 2011 at 1:12 PM, Ellen Rugowski
<ellengtrgrl at dslextreme.com>wrote:

> Sorry Jack, but I beg to differ,
>
> To me, and a lot of people, it sounds like juvenile toilet behavior.  I
> like AM, but one of the biggest beefs I have, is all the venom I've
> gotten (and Mark, K3MSB has also gotten), for being a contester, or
> doing "slopbucket," while it's OK for make an effort, to fart, belch,
> etc. on the air.  It's OK, for for guys like Tim, to talk about how they
> got so stoned on a great bag of weed back in the 70s (hearing that QSO
> on 3885 a couple of years ago, raised my eyebrows and them some).  It
> seems hypocritical in a way.  AMers are supposed to be classy, not
> trashy.  Other than the Saturday morning AM traders net on 3885, it
> makes me want to keep to 160, or the high bands for AM.  Don't you want
> to make a good impression on noobs?
>
> With one of her rare posts,
> Ellen-AF9J
>
>