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i got to work w2an a few minutes ago. took about 10 minutes to get threw but i guess i tried long enough hahaa.

wow i dont know if anyone caught my mistake. haha i took for granted it was am at the end of the call. but i see its an.

should be a good night for am  

i can do 40m and 80m in the general areas if anyone wants to give a qso a try shoot me a freq

73
brandon

W2AN is also on 160 meters - 1885 kHz.

W2AN on 80 = W2ZM
W2AN on 160 = W3GMS

w2an is on 3.885 right now. unless i am missing something. name was bob

That's right. There is more than one station operating as W2AN. Bob, W2ZM is operating at W2AN on 75 meters. Joe, W3GMS is operating as W2AN on 160 meters. Kinda like a multi-multi corntest station except they aren't in the same location.

th bob guy on 3.885 said he is at his house. something about moving the transmitter for where they usualy do it.  man the band is a mess out there. most traffic i have heard in a while. or alteast most qrm. hahaha

There is also WB2G,Joe on 7270 right now ,Thanks Joe WB2G.

wow thanks he is coming in great on 40m.  bout to give him a holler

Bob's as strong as GawdZilla on 3885  - he's ruling the pileup with an iron fist.  

An old pro showing 'em how it's done.


T

working joe on 40m. he is on a rice box daling with noise

i jut signed with him.

W2AN is on at 7.270.

W2AN has just moved to 7260 to give the corncob net some room.

W2AN now on 7.235

I wonder where w2an will be in 2 hours?  I wanna work some 40 meter AM!

W2AN is going to breakfast,You should have fired it up, it was quite on 7.235.Joe WB2G/V31WG

I meant quiet.I will try to stay around 7.250,whatever I can find.Be back about 12:20 UCT.Joe WB2G

I can't until I get home from work.  By then the band might not be long enough for NY.  But I'll still try some 40 I think.

who or what is w2an and why is there all this excitement about working him?  I mean, it's like it's w2an/p5 

I just wanna work some 40 meter AM.   However, QRZ.COM reveals...

W2AN
ANTIQUE WIRELESS ASSOCIATION INC
187 LIGHTHOUSE RD
HILTON, NY 14468
USA


I heard something about an AWA AM QSO PARTY this weekend.

Oh okay I get it, it is like a special event station. QSL tnx :D

I may be back on the air before too long.  The work shop is starting to take shape and I have started work on my first real AM rig, a HT-20.  It is waiting a front panel silk screen job so I may put it aside and work on the amp--then I can be QRV again with the plastic radio.  Then I can talk to you on the air again John.

Rob

That'll be great Rob!  Looking forward to it.

I'm glad everyone enjoyed working W2AN.  I've never heard so many AM'ers in one night before, ;D .  Bob Raide is a great OT, owns a broadcasting network consisting of stations in upstate NY.  He was running his McMartin BA 2.5k broadcast xmitter and receiving on a 75A4 when I worked him at 8:13 pm Sat. eve. Yes, he did handle the pileup like an old pro.  

As mentioned, Bob's normal call is W2ZM and has been a volunteer for many years for the Antique Wireless Assc.  Members range from neophyte hams to stellar and well known broadcast personalities. He was operating from his home in PennYann, NY last night because the AWA is in the process of  moving its museum facilities to a new location across the road.  They sold the old annex facility to the town fire dept., did quite well and are now enjoying setting up in a much larger facility.  You can't go wrong in joining the AWA.

One of my more prized QSL cards is from W2AN with Bob and Bruce Kelly's pix beside the James Millen memorial W1HRX station, contact on 12-11-94 3.86 Mc., both AM and CW mode (cw a/c me getting thru pile-up.)  Transmitter and HRO rcvr designed and made by James Millen of National Radio Co. in 1936.  The card is signed by both Bob and Bruce Kelly.  I was running the "Shoebox 813" by 811a's xmitter at the time.

The Millen station used for that QSO is described on page 42, Dec. 1936 QST. "It was given to AWA in 1985 and restored in 1994 by W2Zm and K3ZJW. "

w2an IS ON 7.295

OOPS.it's 7.290

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Nice summary & comments on Bob; he's a big figure in the AM community, and so is "Big Mac."
(http://www.arizona-am.net/OUTOFSTATE/W2ZM/McMartin1A.jpg)

W2ZM's McMartin Xmtr with authentic simulated wood-grain finish.
(2) 4x1s modulating another pair.

More details/photos about Bob & his station:
http://www.arizona-am.net/OUTOFSTATE/W2ZM/index.html (http://www.arizona-am.net/OUTOFSTATE/W2ZM/index.html)

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i worked the 3.885 and 7.270 w2am do they do qso cards?  i heard bob comment quite a few times on the amount of am activity.  he said every time he would think there was going to be a lul in stations more and more kept coming. will there be a count of how many stations he worked? i can remember in september when i got my general hearing comments here and there about eh leack of am activity well i have not heard anyone comment on a lack of am acitvity in a while.  reall been hearing alot of comments on the increase in actvity.

glad to hear all the activity a.m. is great fun on weekend nights.

W2AN is going to lunch.Be back at 7.290 at about 18:00 uct.AM at 7.285 &7.295 ,it"s getting crowded.Joe WB2G

Yep, worked on 3885 with the newly christened Viking 1...after hearing him down at 3875  :-X

The AWA QSO party was fun. I got W2AN on 160, 75 and 40. I also worked 20M A.M. for the first time using the Viking Bud at full throttle 135W tuned into the 75M dipole and worked Warren W1GUD.

Fun time..... gud schtuff!