[Boatanchors] [3890_AM]

[manualman at juno.com]

While some imply that AM is generally only found in or near the ghetto
give or take a kilohertz, that's really not true. Activity can also be
found between 3700 and 3725 KHz. The Canadians also can generally be
found there and many of the Europeans also operate there. You can
sometimes find AM operation below 3700 KHz. Also, many who operate AM on
20 meters, find a lot more room to play AM radio around 14330 KHz.
There's even an AM net on 14.330 +/- every Monday night. While there is
no official AM calling frequency on 15 meters, AM activity can be found
anywhere from roughly 21.410 to 21.440. And, don't give up on 10 meters
either. Late Spring and through the summer, sporadic E conditions abound
on 10 meters allowing many AM contacts. Having a VFO controlled
transmitter and a tunable receiver makes operating AM a lot more
widespread and easy across the amateur bands. 

Don't like calling CQ maybe several times before latching a contact? Get
a $5 buck cassette player at a flea market; setup an endless 30 to 45
second cassette tape; record your CQ; and play it back through your mike
input. This stuff is not rocket science.

I'll leave the "Q" issue to Bry. As an active contest operator too, I've
never heard what he has implied being used by some contest operators. But
then again, many AM operators also use some unique AM jargon that
sometimes defies logic, reason, and sense to the rest of the amateur
world. Overall, I think the amateur community will survive with all these
anomalies.

Pete, wa2cwa


On Wed, 17 Feb 2016 08:52:47 -0500 Bry Carling <af4k at hotmail.com> writes:
> Actually there ARE AM QSOs taking place elsewhere...
> (I will steadfastly maintain our amateur radio tradition of calling 
> them QSOs rather than 
> the grotesque-sounding "Qs" invented by a few contest operators who 
> used to be CBers.)
> 
> You will find plenty of AM QSOs on lesser known AM haunts including 
> 3837, 3870, 3875, 7160, 7190, 7285, 7290, 
> 7293, 7295, 14286, 21.420 etc. Yes there is some competition at 
> busier times, but hey, AM was always a mode 
> where you had to accept some QRM would occur.  (I will not call QRM 
> "Q" either, even if some young hot shots 
> try to start that nonsense too, LOL!)
> 
> 73s to all - AF4K Bry
> (you get one 73 each!)
> 
> > Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2016 17:10:27 -0600
> > From: ranchorobbo at gmail.com
> > To: manualman at juno.com
> > Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] [3890_AM]
> > CC: boatanchors at mailman.qth.net
> > 
> > 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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