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Joe, GMS

23 check-in's and many first time check-in's.  Thanks to all for firing up. 

See you next Sunday at 4PM.

Joe, GMS

I have been a AWA member for years I live in Illinois I would love to check in to that net. But how do I get a signal in or even hear the east coast at that time of day in the winter time. Summer with all the static it is an impossibility, I would love it if they had an AM net on 40 meters summer or winter it would work. Now I know they have a ssb net on 40 but I run AM.

Hay AWA net controlers come to or aid for those of us who live in the central to the west part of the US.

John W9BFO

Or start a AWA Midwest Net.  :)

Steve: Thats what I say start a midwest AM AMA net.

John W9BFO

Hi John,

I like Steve's idea!  Realistically speaking, that is your best option.  Start something up and see how it goes.  I know you have plenty of AWA members out your way.  But lets not forget, this is not an exclusive for AWA members and naturally the nets are open to anyone wishing to check in.  After we leave EST the 4PM time does not work for us based on the distance between check-in's.  So during DST, we switch to 7PM and that works pretty well all during the summer.

73,
Joe, GMS   

But what ABOUT a 40 meter AM AWA net as suggested above, in addition to the 75M?  This would allow for greater geographic coverage with less noise.  Also, if we wish, we could reclaim the lower part of the band, in the 7.1-7.2 mc range.

I hope there is a 40M AWA presence too on AM. 7150 too 7155 is often open and even 7140. I have been testing my one tube loop mod AM rig there a bit. Also 7295 is quite often wide open some evenings. A net dedicated to vintage rigs and that hopefully includes low power low count tube rigs would be a big help. It would solve the " I heard a weak carrier in there on the break. Did you hear that George?" "Yeah, I don't know who it was. Haven't heard that call before" and that is it as they switch back to running their broadcast audio light dimming "full legal limit" $$$ rigs. Luckily not all are like that and I have had three gentlemen , and they are gentlemen, go out of their way to help me with sig reports and such with my one tube AM wonder. 40M is a good band for it from here. This QTH on 80M requires an amp most times  while on 40M the single tube barefoot will get the job done and has. I hope it goes on from here.
I was thinking of a loop mod net but perhaps I should reconsider and make it the power oscillator /mopa AM net (POM AM Net)on 40M. And then what time of day works for the most people and which day? A centrally located Net control would cover more folks. Someone with real good ears (a good receiving receiver and an excellent antenna system.) Like Tim VE6PG who has an excellent receiving set up. If a squirrel farts in Maine or Milwalkee, Tim can hear it. Very low noise hi sensitivity set up.  He put a lot of effort into his antenna system and it has been good for him and lots of the rest of us as well. He can work AM east or west easily. Someone like that would be great.
One thing is for sure. It would be fun!

Don

Hello Guys: Lets keep talking it up maybe somthing will happen, I am getting to old to run net's but I wish someone would start a AWA AM net on 40m in the midwest. There is a lot of AWA members out here we are just left out like the proverbial (red headed step child) on 40m I hope but 75m would work to but not as well.

John W9BFO

Probably won't happen if you wait for someone else to do it. Maybe you could drum up enough interest so that you could line up multiple net controls to share the duties, then each net control would have to be available only once a month - or whatever.

You might check into the weekly Midwest Classic Radio Net and ask if there's interest in creating an AWA net. MCRN meets Saturdays 7:30 a.m. central on 3885 kc.

Shouldn't this be taken up with the AWA Officers (i.e. the Director and Deputy Directors)?

Every year during the AWA International Convention up in Rochester NY this subject comes up.   Every year someone indicates that they are going to start something in there region and it never happens.  The AWA  does not limit the number of AWA sponsored nets.  If someone feels that there part of the country is not represented with a net, they can certainly start one.  Once it appears that its going to stick, then send the details to Tim, W1GIG who handles Amateur Radio activities within the AWA and he will see that it gets published.  Several years back, Joe - N3IBX started a net on 160M and its grown quite nicely.  Its published in both the Journal and the AWA website along with the other AWA sponsored Nets.  Some of the Nets published in the Journal are no longer active and they just have faded away so their is always room to add some more to the list.  The website is an accurate source of the active AWA nets.

Here are the current nets listed on the AWA website which are very active. 

http://www.antiquewireless.org/awa-on-the-air.html

Joe, W3GMS

   

OK. Sounds like it's up to W9BFO.  ;D   Pick your day(s), time(s) and freq(s) and have a ball.

Hello guys...I haven't seen any responce from the prospective AM net controles, I am just to old and hard of hearing to do a net. But i wish someone would, especialy from the heartland of the US.

I guess I will have to get on my ssb rig and check in,(a real bummer.)

John W9BFO ::)

7160 3:30 PM EST today. Round table style
don

Don,

I wanted to try to make this AM group but could not.  I was really curious to see if it worked out at all in this corntest weekend. 

I hope this continues!  No corntest next weekend!

No one showed . I am no good at this stuff but there appeared to be a need so I hoped if we had a spot it would get going and take care of itself round table style. It was worth a shot I thought. I was set up and testing on 40m anyway.
don

Don: I am sorry I did not know about the net, I will make every effort possible to check in next sunday. If it works maybe we can start another thread or topic about the net on the AM forum, 7160 AM sounds great to me.

John W9BFO

Ok, I will try it next sunday again with a +5KC if busy. Not something I have ever done so don't expect much. Hope it grows legs of its own once it gets going.
don

Just remember that a net control or even a starter, needs a commanding presence on the frequency. In order for it to work, "they" need to hear you. When I hear Joe, GMS, running the AWA net with his strapping signal, there's no doubt, at least at this location, that he has control over the frequency.

Well I dont qualify that is for sure however the bottom line is it needs someone. So if it takes my peanut whistle to get it going, even the first in. I can either try or do nothing. My father taught me this. He used to say," One thing is for sure Don, if you don't try it, it wont work." If someone else has the wherefore to do it I was not looking for the  job. I just think there is far too few spots for AM even on 40M. And antique stuff is an awful lot of fun.
So brace yourself. Here is my 40M rig which drives my twin 811A linear. If all that happens is it gets started  that is fine. What else  to do I don't know but nothing is not an option.

don
And here is my back up rig ;>)

I called CQ AWA for almost an hour on 7160kc, not a singal reply. This was 2:30 to almost 3:30 pm central daylight savings time. What happend.

John W9BFO

There was a SSB QSO on 7160 here. I dropped 5kc as stated I would if required. Called for 35 minutes and listened around. Heard two carriers tune up. but never heard any modulation and checked both sides of the spot each time. Must not have been a good day. Probably band conditions otherwise I would have heard you for sure and you would have heard me. I had two rigs running and switched every two times back and forth. Spaced calles 2 1/2minutes apart. Probably just wasn't meant to be. I,m not going to worry about it anymore.
don

Don: Let's not drop the ball if the net is ever going to happen now is the time and the place. If Don can't get a responce maybe someone can.

I will try to be there.

John W9BFO

OK I will be there but I think someone else should call. I was actually using pre 1941 style equipment however I have used it successfully before for QSOs of decent distance. Could be just the "Don Who?" syndrome (like Don Ho).You call I will be there for sure. Ready to go. It would be nice to get it going.
don

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Al VE3AJM