[South Florida DX Association] W1AW On AM! Friday June 18th

[Terrence R. Redding Ph.D.]

Bill, interesting.

I like AM.  There was a period in the mid 70s that that was my mode of
choice for phone operations.  I had great fun using a DX 100, and a large
wire loop.  I wasn't the strongest signal but it was great fun and all the
ops were real gentlemen.

But then I studied for my Advance license and started wondering about
bandwidth and proper band etiquette.  I had been active on 160M, I switched
to 10 meters where there was plenty of room and a strong group of AM
enthusiasts.

Most places I find the AMers operating it is a pleasure to listen to them.
But when I hear them on 20 meters, it is different.  On 20 meters - there
never seems to be enough room for the AM signals - or rarely enough room.

On 20 meters the AM operations seem to foster the worst kind of operating
practices - from AM SSB wars to simply occupying a frequency because it is
the published AM frequency.

All of it bad form - and not good for anyone.

I hope the League avoids that kind of operation.

Terry - W6LMJ

On 6/18/04 6:22 AM, "Bill Marx" <bmarx at bellsouth.net> wrote:

> From another list...
> -Bill W2CQ
> _______________________
> Attention world !
> 
> The flagship amateur radio station W1AW will officially be on the AM air
> waves
> mid day Friday , June 18 !
> 
> Through the wonderful co-operation of many enthusiastic AM  operators, a
> Johnson
> Valiant and NC 303 has been successfully moved by Larry WD9HHN in his 18
> wheel
> truck from Studio City to St. Louis (Fariview Heights),  in the Heil Hummer
> to
> Dayton,  on to South Bend by in Jeff's van and as we speak in a van driven
> by
> W9AMR and KA9TOC headed for Newington.  An exciting trip for this vintage AM
> gear.
> 
> Friday, June 18 is a historic day in the events of the AMI community.
> Thanks to
> so many, this is really happening so that any of the visiting operators to
> W1AW
> can once again - or for their very first  time live those golden days of
> watching the filaments glow, hearing the transformers buzz and watching  the
> modulation meters flicker......to say nothing of 'birdying' (is that a word
> Uncle Dave?)....you all know what I mean ....getting that VFO on the
> receiving
> frequency !
> 
> How much fun.  Our special thanks to Joe Carcia and all of the ARRL gang for
> helping to make this happen.
> 
> KA9TOC will be on the air around 3875 this evening on their trip to
> Newington.
> Hopefully the storms will be quiet for a bit so we can contact them .
> 
> Best Regards !
> 
> BOB HEIL, K9EID
> 
> 
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