[AMRadio] AM Presentation

[Bob Macklin]

BINGO!

We have a VHF weak signal group here in the PNW. There is a group of them 
that only operates in new digital modes. They just buy radios they can 
connect to a computer.

I still like HF RTTY operation. I sometime wish I had one of my real TTY 
machines but the computer does that very well. We used to have an evening 
RTTY net every weekday about 3610. But when that part of 80M was made a 
phone segment they had to move. I don't hear them anymore.

RTTY will show up on the reverse beacons.

I might as well be living in Death Valley!

Bob Macklin
K5MYJ
Seattle, Wa.
"Real Radios Glow In The Dark"
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Guyger" <bguyger at yahoo.com>
To: "Donald Chester" <k4kyv at charter.net>; <amradio at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 4:33 PM
Subject: Re: [AMRadio] AM Presentation


You know....maybe my coefficient of crabby is going up, but might this be 
due to a whole lot of the newer crowd being more interested in digital modes 
in the VHF and UHF bands? There is a WHOLE lot of "if it don't run in 
software and have a GUI I ain't interested" going around. It takes cojonies 
(sp?) to work the low bands and to actually want to sit around and rag chew 
rather than hide behind a computer screen and keyboard seeing how many 
contacts you can make just by giving name, call and QTH, etc.

Bill AD5OL

From: Donald Chester <k4kyv at charter.net>
To: amradio at mailman.qth.net
Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 5:23 PM
Subject: Re: [AMRadio] AM Presentation


I have observed in the past decade or so a pronounced reduction in the
amount of activity on 160, 75 and 40, despite statistics reported from the
FCC data base showing a record number of licensees. This includes all modes,
not just AM. Late in the evening there is usually very little 80m CW
activity, except when there is a QuaRMtest on. For many years I have noticed
they roll up the sidewalks on 160m after about 9 PM, and it's getting that
way on 75 as well. Gone are the nightly nocturnal emissions that used to
regularly fill the band until well past 2 AM, even on static-free weekend
nights, although there are a couple of groups that are often heard on
through the wee hours, and sometimes early evening QSOs end up dragging on
past midnight if the conversation gets interesting enough.
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