The AM Forum

Post the name, day, time and frequency for your 6 and 2 meter AM nets here.

The Fort Wayne 6 Meter Net meets Tuesday nights on USB  :o and Thursday nights on AM at 8:00 p.m. local (eastern time) on 50.580 MHz.  All stations are welcomed to check-in!!

The Fulton County Ohio Amateur Radio Club six meter operators are holding A monthly six meter AM net the First Wendsday of every month. The Net is held on 50.400 mc At 2100 EDT, along with there Fm nets on 52.525 the other 3 Wendsdays. The net control will be myself, Bryan KB8ELG Located in Delta, Ohio. I will be running A Gonsat G-50 or A Heathkit HW-10 . Hope to hear many of the older tube gear on the air.

There supposedly is a Central Florida net on 50.4 Wednesday at 8pm or 8:30...
I will be listening tomorrow from Sarasota. Never heard anyone, but I didn't have a good antenna.

Gil.

Any interest in a New England/New Hampshire Net on 50.2mHz? 

AF4FK...
How about 50.4 Wednesday evening at 7 pm? I'm here in Avon Park (East from you) with 50 W AM on 6 and a beam. We should be able to work! At least let's try. email me if you want at wa4bwo@arrl.net.
73
Dave
WA4BWO

Bry,

Not sure if you followed-up with Dave (WA4BWO).  Dave and I have been rag chewing Sunday evenings on 50.4 AM.  Are you still interested in reviving the AM net?  Let's give it a try if you can. 

Chris N4JOY

To any and all Die Hard VHF AM'ers ...

 :D Please join N4JOY and me (WA4BWO) on 50.4 AM Sun nite at 6:30 (EL97)...
... or persist on the calling freqs for 6 M 50.110 and 2M 144.210. I'll be listening to both all day long Starting January 5th, 2015 at 10 am. (SSB)

If you want to call on other frequencies, please email me at WA4BWO@gmail.com or WA4BWO@arrl.net.

Thanks and let's revive VHF AM again.

ps:  If you need help in restoration of your older AM equipment like Gonset, Heathkit, Ameco or the like, email me and we'll either help you through your own restoration or do it for you at a minimal cost. BUT PLEASE, by all means, get in touch with me. We're starving here on VHF and any participation would be great.

WA4BWO  Dave    ;D 

Informal "gentleman" agreements reserve 50.1 to 50.125 for DX stations/contacts. 50.125 is typically the SSB calling frequency. 144.200 is considered the SSB calling frequency.

Typically, on 6 meters, running 50 watts with maybe a 3 element beam at 30 or 40 feet up at average band conditions, will give you a ground wave range of about 40 to 70 miles. Higher power, bigger beam and/or higher elevation, will increase that range. But, given the sporadic openings in recent many months, 6 meters in any mode is more of a crap shoot. If you happened to be on 6 meters this past Sunday morning at around 2AM, there were reports of an U.S. opening to XV4(Vietnam). Several stations in the Eastern and Central U.S. reported working the station. Prop map showed propagation was over the North Pole. I always miss the unusual stuff.

There is a growing group of am'ers on 50.4  around here. It happens on Wednesday evenings around 7:30 pm local time. I don't know if it is a "net" or whatever. I am hearing calls from CT, VT, MA, NY so far. Last net I heard:

W1VD
N1WRG
K2ORS
K1REX
W1CKI
WA1OXQ
K2AEP

There are others that check in, this is a partial list.

K1JCL
WA2PJP
W1VZR
K1IIG

Very interested in 6 meter net--Monitor 50-4 AM --daily until replies from interested operators.

Raleigh NC 6M AM net - 22 check-ins this past Monday
Mondays at 1900 local. 50.4 Megacycles

Knoxville, TN 6 Meter AM Nets:

First and Third Wednesdays of the month: The Antique Modulators Net, 50.400 at 9:00 PM Eastern time. Pre and post net rag chew on the 53.250 FM repeater.

The Radio Amateur Club of Knoxville has a 6 meter net every Sunday night at 9:00 Eastern time. We begin taking check-in's on the 53.150 FM repeater, move over to 50.200 SSB around 9:30, and then finish up on 50.400 AM.

The Raleigh, NC Area 6 Meter meets every Monday at 7 PM Est (1900) on 50.400 MHz.  Net control is WA3UTC.   This is the longest running 6 Meter am net in North Carolina

Anything going on out Arizona way?

73DG

Sunday evening 7:30pm local time - Lehigh Valley/Pocono Mountain area  - 50.400 AM 

The TriState 6 meter Halo Net

Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana tri-state area:
TUESDAY NIGHT ON 2 AM activity net
144.265Mhz, starting at 8:30PM.
Cliff, WB8LNG is net control. He starts taking check-ins with a big-wheel omni, then he switches to a beam and calls out by cardinal directions.
There's usually between 3 and 6 folks who are regulars, we sometimes get more.
Cliff will help coordinate longer distance contacts to help people get their yagis pointed in the right direction, I've made some 120+ mile QSO's on 2M AM through this net.

If you're near or along the ohio/indiana border, I'd give this one a try.

From WA1MTZ
6 Meter Nets W MASS / CT

Wed eve on 50.4 19:30 L.T. (comm museum of Ct. W1VCM) and others, various topics. Tues eve, 50.4, 20:00 L.T. w.ma/n.ct.  various topics. (vintage equipment, antique stuff too.)