[Boatanchors] [3890_AM]

[Jim]

As a young SWL in 1960 or so I first heard the term "slopbucket" and had no 
idea what it meant.

With more listening, I realized it was a derogatory term for a new method of 
voice communication, SSB
Not knowing any better, I agreed that SSB was a "bad thing"

As a new Ham I ran AM because it was cheap and surplus parts were available, 
but soon realized that SSB was a far superior mode of communication.
SSB exciters, separates and transceivers soon followed.
A few years ago I put together an AM position and got quite a kick out of my 
nostalgia station.
During one of my first QSO's I heard a station complain about 
"slopbuckets"......WOW!
Almost 60 years later!
So now I tune the bands looking for spark gap CW, there have to be a few out 
there......

Jim



That is certainly true in theory but the unfortunate reality is that
if free time is limited, you want to spend your CQing time
productively, and that means calling CQ where AM operators are more
likely to be listening. And on 75 m. they are usually listening
somewhere between 3880 and 3890.

This is why attempts to CQ elsewhere have failed, because no one likes
to spend a chunk of their free time calling CQ only to be responded to
by undetectable slopbucket.  Those who "call CQ until I am blue in the
face" down the band, usually wind back up in the "ghetto."   The
solution is to construct a voice and time saving CQ Robot, (something
I would like to do) and/or work out arrangements to operate down at
the other end of the US phone band with other operators and try to gin
up activity.

73

Rob
K5UJ

On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 1:14 PM,  <manualman at juno.com> wrote:
> Any phone frequency can be used for AM. There's nothing special about
> 3890 unless you're crystal controlled and only have one crystal.
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