[Boatanchors] 10M AM Frequencies

[rbethman]

My experience has been that AM is found beginning at 28.5 and up.  It is 
a simple thing to listen first, then call CQ followed by you call.

It doesn't matter what kind of receiver, so long as it isn't deaf.

I'll use either an SP-600, or heaven forbid, even a Kenwood R-2000.  My 
R-390A isn't done yet.

If I can't hear them, then they probably aren't there.

Bob - N0DGN

On 9/22/2011 5:53 PM, Mark K3MSB wrote:
> I don't think it's a question of should we or shouldn't we run AM lower on
> 10M.  You can certainly run it anywhere it's legal as long as, as you
> stated, you're not disrupting ongoing communications.
>
> I think it's a question of where to look for AMers on 10M.  My perspective
> is that if I want to find AMers I look between 29.0 and 29.2.   Even at the
> peak of the last cycle, I just dropped below 29.0 if I couldn't find a place
> between 29.0 and 29.2.  Never had a problem.   As I recall,  VK2BA usually
> held court around 28.9 on a regular basis.   So, I don't think it's the same
> situation as people crowding into too small a "window" as on 75M.    The 10M
> AM "window" is significantly larger.
>
> I don't agree with your statement that the "voluntary "guidelines" for AM
> are outdated.   The guidlines are quite acceptable as long as we in the AM
> community create and use them without external coercion.   I'd rather find
> fellow AMers at the local watering hole than have to listen across the
> entire band -- as long as nobody is telling me I must use the watering hole.
>
> When people start telling us that we can't use AM here or there,  then it's
> time to carry the AM flag anywhere it's legal just because we can.
> Otherwise  "Everything is permissible -- but not everything is
> constructive.  Nobody should seek his own good, but the good of others". --
> A good plan for implementing "Love thy Neighbor"
>
> Mark K3MSB
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 2:37 PM, Warren Elly<w1gud4 at gmail.com>  wrote:
>
>> Folks,
>> I've yet to have any issues running AM regularly on 20, 17 and 15 meters.
>> Tim WA1HLR and I regularly sked on AM Sundays on 18.150.
>> In nearly 3 years, we've yet to hear a disparaging word.
>> I have also worked, as Paul says, many DX stations as well, most on SSB,
>> and they just zero beat and call in. Never a complaint.
>>
>> So, what's the issue? We are not doing anything illegal running AM in the
>> phone bands.
>> The voluntary "guidelines" for AM calling windows are outdated and on some
>> bands terribly overcrowded ie. 3885.
>>
>> I say fire up anywhere you wish, so long as you are not disrupting on-going
>> communications. That's the
>> gold standard. Love thy Neighbor.
>>
>> -Warren W1GUD
>>
>> On Sep 21, 2011, at 4:40 PM, Paul Baldock wrote:
>>
>>> At 09:31 AM 9/21/2011, you wrote:
>>>> Great formula for QRM and conflicts with ssb signals.
>>>
>>> I don't think so. I'm working DX regularly on 20M and 15M AM in
>>> amongst the SSB station with no complaints. Fortunately most hams are
>>> very tolerant and polite. Even a single frequency such as 28.305MHz
>>> would be an advantage for those of us that have narrow band antennas.
>>>
>>>
>>> - Paul
>>>
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