[Milsurplus] Extra Class AM Window 3685 KC

[Mike Morrow]

John wrote:

>I was on 3685 this evening. There were at least 6 AM stations on. 
>... 3685 may well be a good place to hang our shingle. 

I don't have a horse in this race, since I'm not too active on the ham bands except for a little casual Morse operation, and some SSB when on vacation at a campsite.

I thought that 3885 kc became a natural choice for boatanchor AM operation because many vintage military sets had 3885 kc as a commonly encountered crystal set.  I don't think 3685 kc has that quality.  For example, the SCR-543 (BC-669) crystal set contains crystals for 3610, 3630, 3650, and 3680 kc operation.  I don't know about other crystal-controllable sets, like the BC-610, BC-611, TCS, TBX, MAB/DAV, etc.  Did any of those have standard crystal frequencies that included the proposed 3685 kc?

I guess it really doesn't matter.

Mike / KK5F