[AMRadio] Different bands

[Bob Macklin]

Why is all the AM activity on 160 or 75?

10 years ago there was Left Coast AM activity on 14286 late afternoon. It's 
LOONG GONE. Now there is SSB activity there.

I was told to watch 7290 and/or 7295. NO LUCK. I did work one of my local 
friends on 7290 a couple of years ago. But that was just one time. My 
Dx-60/HR-10 was working just fine!

I'm finding a lot of the local hams I know no longer work (or even listen 
too) HF. There are either on the 2M repeater or not playing with radios at 
all.

I have not tried 10m lately. That's a GAME OF CHANCE!

Bob Macklin
K5MYJ
Seattle, Wa.
"Real Radios Glow In The Dark"

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "rbethman" <rbethman at comcast.net>
To: "AM Radio List" <amradio at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, January 27, 2012 9:30 AM
Subject: [AMRadio] Different bands


>I get ragged on for not operating on some bands.
>
> The entire groups that I *used* to communicate with on 75, has either
> moved to 160, or are now only found in Epitaphs.
>
> WA4EZN - "Lucky"  Only found on the web due to his Double Bazooka
> Antenna design.
> W4BIA - Dick  Won't even be found on the web, except as "Expired 1998 -
> Rome, GA City"
>
> An antenna for 75/80 is a very mixed bag of compromise.
>
> I have enough issues keeping 40 within the property, and maintaining
> safety.  I had to erect a fence since a youngster used to ride his bike
> through the yard *in the dark*, with never a care about an antenna that
> would most likely clothesline him should he be unfortunate enough to be
> slightly off the clear area.
>
> So in the interest of liability, $5K worth of fence went up in 1992.
>
> If I stretch out a 75/80mtr in the "possible" compromise, I then have to
> worry about the youngsters next door, where teachers used to live,
> getting into then end points where the voltage is highest.
>
> Believe me, "they" don't want to listen or talk about it.
>
> Bob - N0DGN
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