[Hallicrafters] AM calling frequencies

[Arnie Adelman]

Tom,

You used the word "Assemblage," which is more how these frequencies are used than as calling frequencies. In my area, 3885 is not a frequency where you can call a CQ, connect with another party, move off the "calling frequency" and have a QSO. It is in constant use by a large group of folks. Please don't get me wrong. I think it's great that such assemblages are there, allowing AM to hold a stake in that small piece of spectrum. However, it would also be nice to have a real calling frequency where you can establish a QSO with someone that you maybe never spoke with before. :) Perhaps 3825 would serve well for this purpose. Arnie - W1GCI


-----Original Message-----
From: TC Dailey [mailto:daileyservices at qwest.net]
Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 10:36 AM
To: hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Hallicrafters] AM calling frequencies

Typically 3880 & 3885 are biggies. Mornings in Colorado, we have a gathering on 3875. I am VERY SURPRISED however, that there's not an assemblage on 3825. This was THE 75m frequency for many years, and was the primary MOBILE frequency, used by folks who ran Gonset Commanders, Multi-Elmac AF-67's and such. Ahhh, those Webster Band-Spanners waving off the back of your '47 Plymouth, looking like an errant Russian fishing-trawler on the boulevard. Yep - 3825 would be THE frequency to use, if we could make it happen. Tom - WØEAJ ______________________________________________________________ 
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