[AMRadio] AM Presentation

[Todd, KA1KAQ]

On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 4:13 PM, Bob Macklin <macklinbob at gmail.com> wrote:

> **
> Todd,
>
> Here on the west coast it seems the groups I know of are stuck in the AM
> window. The PNW group was 3870 only and the SoCal group operates on 3870 or
> 3885.
>

I recall when I worked Mike KO6NM a few years back I asked him about that.
He said that several folks were using converted broadcast transmitters that
were rockbound. Seems there as a conflict with a SSB group in 5 Land on
this frequency too. So - who knows?



> Ten years ago there was AM activity from SoCal on 14286 in the late
> afternoons. That's all gone now.
>

There's been a lot of 15m activity around 21.425. Got to work W0VMC up
there before my low power transmitter crapped out.


>
> It seems the main interest in AM is mostly east of the Mississippi.
>
> We used to have 10M SSB groups operating locally here in the evenings.
> Even that is gone now.
>
> I just picked a bad place to retire.
>

Don't you also have some issues there with HOA restrictions or similar? I
bet if you could get a decent aerial up in the air a ways you could stir up
some interest. Even with as little as 100 watts from a DX-100, 32V, etc. As
Don mentioned and some of us have seen many times, activity attracts more
activity. The problem seems to be, everyone is waiting for someone else to
start the party.

~ Todd/KAQ