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Title: 3960-3962 AM outside the WINDOW Post by: W2ZZA on August 11, 2014, 03:07:46 PM Every Sunday and Wednesday night at 8:30 PM (Eastern) and ends promptly at 10:00 PM on 3960-3962 kilocycles (depending on QRM).
KC2RJR, KD2CDU and myself W2ZZA hang out and discussion a range topics from Gardening, to Cooking, to Broadcast engineering, and other Techie stuff. We run FULL POWER AM and 100% modulation. (Life is too short for QRP) There is AM life outside of the AM window. Join us. Title: Re: 3960-3962 AM outside the WINDOW Post by: Pete, WA2CWA on August 11, 2014, 04:30:19 PM And, we also have lots of AM activity between 3700 and 3730 KHz and sometimes even below 3700 KHz. Then there's the AWA net on 3837 KHz on Sunday. I wasn't sure there was any life left in the imaginary AM Window. :D
Title: Re: 3960-3962 AM outside the WINDOW Post by: W2ZZA on August 11, 2014, 04:55:22 PM Some of the best QSO's I ever had where on 3705 AM Pete. Just a different mind set there..
Title: Re: 3960-3962 AM outside the WINDOW Post by: DMOD on August 12, 2014, 01:47:04 PM Every Sunday and Wednesday night at 8:30 PM (Eastern) and ends promptly at 10:00 PM on 3960-3962 kilocycles (depending on QRM). KC2RJR, KD2CDU and myself W2ZZA hang out and discussion a range topics from Gardening, to Cooking, to Broadcast engineering, and other Techie stuff. We run FULL POWER AM and 100% modulation. (Life is too short for QRP) There is AM life outside of the AM window. Join us. For sure. I have even been known to strike up a QSO on 3.685. Glad to see others are going outside the WINDOW as well. Phil - AC0OB Title: Re: 3960-3962 AM outside the WINDOW Post by: Steve - K4HX on August 13, 2014, 12:33:47 AM Good to hear of this activity.
BTW, AMers have been operating outside the "window" for decades. Welcome to the party. ;D IN reality, the window never existed. It was a figment of a few fertile and/or misguided minds. Title: Re: 3960-3962 AM outside the WINDOW Post by: W2ZZA on August 20, 2014, 09:04:18 AM Steve.
You are so right .. AM window is just a SSB thing. I operate AM Phone on the portions of the bands designated for Phone operation. In the case of 80/75 meters extra class, 3600 to the top of the band.. And why not.. From time to time someone protests but I always make sure there is NO SSB operation within my bandpass before starting a QSO or calling CQ. I conciser +-6kc as my bandpass as I roll my audio off at 5.5kc This seems to keep the squawk boxers happy. Title: Re: 3960-3962 AM outside the WINDOW Post by: w1vtp on August 20, 2014, 11:22:22 AM Every Sunday and Wednesday night at 8:30 PM (Eastern) and ends promptly at 10:00 PM on 3960-3962 kilocycles (depending on QRM). KC2RJR, KD2CDU and myself W2ZZA hang out and discussion a range topics from Gardening, to Cooking, to Broadcast engineering, and other Techie stuff. We run FULL POWER AM and 100% modulation. (Life is too short for QRP) There is AM life outside of the AM window. Join us. HMMM! Maybe I'll check it out. Using a 300 - 400 watt carrier class "E" transmitter with a Flex 1500 as a driver to the analog to digital converter. My station isn't nearly as pretty as yours Al |