[AMRadio] AMRadio Digest, Vol 92, Issue 10

Sat Oct 1 21:22:30 EDT 2011

I had a beautiful QSO on 29.000 with a california station today. s8 signals both ways with less than 50 watts.

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From: Jack Dayton
Sent: 09/30/11 11:17 AM
To: Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service
Subject: Re: [AMRadio] AMRadio Digest, Vol 92, Issue 10

 Have had 10 on all day like always and nothing heard 29.0-29..1 but boy it's cruising 28.3 on up Single Sideband Phone. 73 Jack KA3ZLR ________________________________ From: D. Chester <k4kyv at charter.net> To: amradio at mailman.qth.net Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2011 8:52 PM Subject: Re: [AMRadio] AMRadio Digest, Vol 92, Issue 10 > So, AM is allowed on 28.3 to 28.5, but for General class licensee's and > above, only... and if a novice or a tech tries to join, the higher classes > have to tell them that 'you can't operate that mode'. How well does that > go over to entry level hams who came straight from CB? Their untempered > mentality still screams "You can't tell me how to run MY station!" To > which one says "no, I can't, but the FCC can and will." By then, they're > already in a defensive posture, no amount of reasoning is going to work > and how's that going to put ham radio in a positive light? > > Potentially, thousands of hams are going to be turned off by the 'rigid > iron-fisted rulers' and the numbers of rank-and-file amateurs continues > it's downward spiral. > > *I* think (and this is just -my- opinion) that there should only be the > prevailing mode in the specially set-aside segment for that particular > class of license. Novices and Techs can only run CW, SSB and 200w? Fine. > Then that's what the rest of the operators on that segment of frequencies > should adhere to, as well. Run up above 28.5 all the way to 29.4 (where FM > is generally accepted to start) for every other mode, then let the novices > and techs listen and see what they're missing out on. Give 'em some > incentive instead of trying to ram it down their throat. > > Sounds weird coming from me, an avid AM'er... but I'd rather see the > numbers -grow-, and at the same time foster good operators who know and > understand what rules are and have them abide by them. > > 73 = Best Regards, > -Geoff/W5OMR I have to respectfully disagree on that one. Novices and Techs shouldn't even be on the air unless they know what modes they can legally run, and it's their responsibility to follow the rules. I won't try to play "radio cop" in any case; if someone calls me on AM, I just give him the benefit of a doubt and assume he is operating within his licence, and talk to him without question. Besides you can't even tell what class of licence a ham has unless you go to the trouble to look him up in the data base or on QRZ.com, since changing callsigns when upgrading is optional. If some joker freshly from CB comes on with the attitude "You can't tell me how to run MY station!" let the FCC take care of it (if they even care any more). We would be better off without him anyway. Generals and up can legally run AM and full power in that segment, so let those who can't, fend for themselves. Don k4kyv _______________________________________________________________ This message was typed using the DVORAK keyboard layout. http://www.mwbrooks.com/dvorak/ http://gigliwood.com/abcd/ > ______________________________________________________________ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Post: AMRadio at mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to amradio-request at mailman.qth.net with the word unsubscribe in the message body. This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Post: AMRadio at mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to amradio-request at mailman.qth.net with the word unsubscribe in the message body. This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html