[AMRadio] Just an evil thought

[manualman at juno.com]

Around 7:30 PM EDT tonight, I was tuning around with the Hammarlund
HQ-170A. Seems there was lots of AM activity on many of the bands.
QSO on 1883; carriers also popping up on 1945 probably tuneups for the AM
gray hair net.
QSO's on 3704, 3875(roundtable numerous stations), 3880, and 3885.
QSO's on 7285 and 7292(sounded like they were from 4 or 5 land).
QSO on 14286(sounded like KL7OF in Washington and several other
stations).
Weak QSO on 21.425(couldn't hear the calls; was using the 75 meter
inverted vee).
And, last night (Monday) from roughly 7:30 to at least 9 PM, there were a
number of AM stations on 14.330.

Some people just get on the air and make some noise. I guess they don't
need e-mails and cluster horns to get them to fire up the AM rig.

Pete, wa2cwa
http://www.manualman.com



On Tue, 24 Sep 2013 17:26:31 -0500 "Jay Bromley" <jayw5jay at cox.net>
writes:
> Hi Chris,
> Yes like 15m, 17m and the new 20m frequency around 14.330 are good 
> examples.
> I don't know how many times I have worked guys like VE6CQ and WA1HLR 
> on
> nonstandard times on 17m when some folks think the band is dead!  
> 
> In fact on 20m I am told by a lot of old timers they didn't know we 
> are even
> on the air.  Most of the guys breaking in are new guys wanting to 
> try AM for
> the first time!  
> 
> A good way to Elmer new guys to the AM mode.
> 73 de w5jay/jay..
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Kepus [mailto:ckepus at comcast.net] 
> Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2013 5:16 PM
> To: 'Jay Bromley'; 'W5AMI'
> Cc: 'Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service'
> Subject: RE: [AMRadio] Just an evil thought
> 
> Jay, Fabulous idea!  It isn't just that one knows the waterholes, 
> it's
> knowing that someone is actually on the frequency.  Might sharpen 
> the ears
> or cause one to stay tuned hoping that propagation improves, etc.  
> 
> 73,
> Chris W7JPG