[AMRadio] 10M AM Frequencies

[Eddy Swynar]

Hi Guys,

Gosh, I'd just like to hear some AM on 10-meters ANYWHERE on the band...!

Whenever the band is rockin' & rollin' with CW and SSB signals, I always make it a point to tune above 29.0-MHz for any tell-tale sign of carrier(s)---NOTHING! I'm left wondering (seriously!) if all the AM'ers that I worked there in the last solar maximum have joined the ranks of SKs, or what...

What a pity it is that 99.9% of AM'ers are so adept at making proverbial "old buzzard" transmissions---but are so slow at getting "with it" by riding the tide of improved propagation in the higher bands!

~73~ de Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ


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On 2011-09-23, at 6:40 AM, Geoff Edmonson wrote:

> I did some research on this.
> 
> 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
> 
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