[NJARC] 2-meter AM Operation

[peter markavage]

Why would you want to operate in the middle of an FM simplex subband
unless you plan on modulating the oscillators in the rigs. In the band
plan, 145.5 to 145.8 MHz are for miscellaneous and experimental modes.
Drifting carriers probably would apply here too.

Pete, wa2cwa

On Tue, 19 Jul 2005 23:00:08 -0700 Al Klase <skywaves at webex.net> writes:
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> _______________________________________________
> Hi Marty,
> 
> By all means, connect me to the other mailing list, and 
> we'll take this to a better forum.
> 
> The Gonsets multiply the xtal by 18.  The 144.450 freq I 
> mentioned probably happened because of the WWII channel 364 
> FT-243 rocks are 8025KHz.  It would be tough to find more 
> than a couple of these.
> 
> We may be in luck.  There are microprocessor crystals at 
> 8192 for way less than a buck in the Mouser catalog.  That 
> would put us on 147.456MHz in the middle of a simplex 
> subband on the ARRL band plan.
> 
> Al
> 
> However
> Al Klase - N3FRQ
> Flemington, NJ
> http://www.skywaves.ar88.net/
> 
> 
> Radiomf at aol.com wrote:
> > Visit our web site - See http://www.njarc.org
> > _______________________________________________
> > Hi Al,
> >  Welcome to the AM 2 meter group. Getting enough crystals one one 
> frequency 
> > will be nearly impossible. There was a discussion on QRZ. com a 
> couple of 
> > months ago that said 145.57 was used in the northeast for AM. We 
> have a bunch of 
> > crystals that are much higher in the band. It will probably end up 
> like the old 
> > novice days where people had to tune the band to find signals. I 
> currently 
> > have my Heathkit Twoer set up for battery operation with the 
> vibrator power 
> > supply. I also am in the process of  getting 3 Gonset Communicator 
> II's that were 
> > generously donated to  "the cause" by Joe Cro on the air. I am 
> setting up an 
> > e-mail list for those interested in a net. There are over a dozen 
> on the list 
> > already. If anyone reading this want to be added let me know.
> > Marty Friedman