[Boatanchors] Re The Day Two Meter AM Went Extinct!

[jeremy-ca]

There is some Sunday morning 2M AM out this way but I havent checked in 
lately; Im not vertical at 6-7AM.

Best bet is to set the squelch on 144.4 and see what shows up.

And leave the Twoer on the shelf, that superregen is a RFI generator for 
sure.

Carl
KM1H
Clegg Zeus & Interceptor 2 & 6M Ayem



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Duane Fischer, W8DBF" <dfischer at usol.com>
To: <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 12:08 AM
Subject: [Boatanchors] Re The Day Two Meter AM Went Extinct!


>
>
> Hi All,
>
> Alright you historians of all things radio, dust off your neuron paths and 
> help the old blind dude out here.
>
> The first time I was ever on the air was in 1961 using the call sign of 
> Mark Decker, K8UZJ. Mark was a high school classmate of mine and had a 
> General class ticket back then. Unfortunately for Ham Radio, and myself, 
> Mark became a SK in 1996 at age fifty. He never knew I finally got my 
> license, as I was licensed in August of 1998.
>
> I sure wish I could find one of Mark's old K8UZJ QSL cards. What a 
> treasure that would be to me.
>
> We were using the infamous Heathkit Twoer and working two meter AM. As a 
> tribute to my late friend, K8UZJ, a beautiful fully operational Heathkit 
> Twoer with hand mike adorns a shelf in the Ham Shack.
>
> I am wondering what year two meter AM was abandoned for FM or SSB? All the 
> older rigs I have "seen" do not have an AM option on them.
>
> I have tried, with no success, to find some crazy Ham locally to operate a 
> little two meter AM with. It might be fun to see if the old lunchbox truly 
> does rip, rattle and roar with that super het RX stage! I have heard 
> stories that it tore up rigs a quarter to one half mile away! Generating 
> QRM without ever keying the mike is funny!
>
> I know there are quite a few Hams using six meter AM nowadays, but is 
> anyone doing anything with two meter AM?
>
> FYI: Regarding Mark R. Decker, K8UZJ. Mark was active on the air for at 
> least forty-seven years prior to becoming a SK. I know he worked all modes 
> and was into DX, but I do not know to what extent. I strongly suspect that 
> some of you who were licensed from 1960 forward probably talked with Mark. 
> At the time of his death he was living in Texas. I think Mark had been a 
> resident there for quite a few years, as I think his son told me that Mark 
> taught in the school system there.
>
> Thanks for your assistance guys -
>
> Duane Fischer, W8DBF/WPE8CXO
> dfischer at usol.com
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