[AMRadio] "Real" AM'er

Tue Nov 29 08:54:56 EST 2011

Hey Bernie,
I guess I will have to make time to take the test or whatever.
Design Engineer, Communications Systems, Broadcast engineer
Radio and TV. Also a few things not for public consumption.

After I get settled in Next Ham-fest I will get the upgrade
and be done with it. That way I will be following the rules!

Thanks for the advice.
Jim
WB2FCN

----- 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 9:16 PM
Subject: Re: [AMRadio] "Real" AM'er

> Jim it is worth the extra just to get away from the trash!! If that was
> where I had to be, I probably would not bother. ----- 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 3:20 PM
> Subject: Re: [AMRadio] "Real" AM'er
>
>
>> 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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