[AMRadio] AM Presentation

[manualman at juno.com]

I operate 40 meters and always to seem to find an AM contact. On 20
meters, generally after one or to CQ transmissions, I can make an AM
contact. Whether it's a dye-in-the-wool  AM'er or just someone who pushed
the AM button on is rig, doesn't make a difference to me. They're always
fun QSO's. I generally try to stay clear of any large AM roundtables and
AM anarchy-type operating that generally you can find on bands like 75
meters. To me, they're zero fun, unless you just like to stare at your
equipment for long periods of time.

Pete, wa2cwa

On Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:53:13 -0400 "Todd, KA1KAQ" <ka1kaq at gmail.com>
writes:
> On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 6:23 PM, Donald Chester <k4kyv at charter.net> 
> wrote:
> 
> Something I have noted recently though, is that the BC stations on 
> 7200-7300
> > seem to be thinning out, especially in the early evening hours 
> before
> > several loud ones from the middle east region fire up at 0400Z.
> >
> 
> I've had good success on 40 in the evening. The station on 7.290 
> (RCI?)
> leaves the frequency sometime around 8-9 pm and there's been a group 
> on
> there fairly often from 8 land and other areas. I joined them a 
> couple
> weeks back. 7.220 is another spot that has been open a lot, have 
> worked
> Steve/K4HX there a few times.
> 
> Between the summer static and my reduced schedule due to the new 
> harmonic,
> I'm pretty much restricted to 40m for a while. And the storms last 
> week
> took down my dipole in grand style, so that needs repairs.
> 
> 
> > The most effective way to promote AM is to simply make sure that 
> AM signals
> > are heard on all the bands, daily.
> >
> 
> Man, isn't that the simple truth! I give you high marks for being on 
> there
> for more years than I can remember, Don. You tend to be on much 
> later at
> night when many other stations have hit the hay, but it's good to 
> know
> there are a few stations to be found at that time of the night. 
> Doug/VE4BX
> was another anchor heard often in the evening/late night hours. His 
> signal
> is greatly missed.
> 
> The frustrating part to me is hearing the reports of 'I listened 
> but...'.
> If only half of these folks would just find a spot, throw out a few 
> CQs, it
> would be an amazing transformation.
> 
> ~ Todd/KAQ
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