AM in Italia

[pe1mph]

Patrick,
These are just some of the "local" 40 meter daytimers that play on 7.160
In fact I'm listening to Ken, Ronnie and Robert right now at 1:20 pm.

Later in the evening, I have worked people all over the states and a couple contacts from Mexico all on 7.160 AM.  Especially strong stations are the likes of K4KYV, WA3HUZ and W9AD who show up there on occasions.

Of course, I imagine Europe will not come in during the daytime but I have been occasionally tuning up on 7.190 and calling CQ AM after dark, so far I have only had domestic stations bite.

40 meters is alive and kicking for AM if one knows when and where!

John, KX5JT

Sorry, but 7160 isn't clean freq. in Europe...
This morning (11.00 hour by me) I heard an AM round on 7190 khz.
Some Italian stations 'around the AM table'.
Mostly I could hear the AM stations, but a pity: the splattering.
Some stations in the UK using often 7195 khz in lsb.
So therefore the 7190 is better to use then 7195 khz!
And special early mornings by us in Europe......
I mean for example between 06.00 and 07.00 hour.

This site can be handy: http://www.wereldtijd-zoeker.nl/tijdsverschil/

But I keep my eyes (ears) around 7190 khz.
And when I hear an USA AM station, I let you know!

Good dx,

Henk / pe1mph

[Opcom]

John, It is a plague of line-synchronized noise.

[pe1mph]

Just monitoring 40 mtrs.

Time 18.40 hour (afternoon) in The Netherlands.
(= 05.40 hour GMT pm)

- 7120 S4, broadcast station, weak audio (Russian?)
- 7160 S2, carrier / noice / weak audio
- 7165 S1, broadcast station, weak audio (Chinese?)
- 7175 S9, broadcast station, souding Arabic
- 7185 S8, broadcast station, weak audio (Arabic?)
- 7200 S9+45, broadcast station, splattering to 7195 khz!

Greetings,

Henk / pe1mph

[pe1mph]

Gave it a shot, and heard F1APJ on AM on 7194Kc

Yes!
Evenso French AM Lovers know about that freq.

This afternoon I worked IZ1FIQ on 7190 khz.
Time +/- 16.00 hour by me (15.00 London GMT time).
He were running only 10 Watts and S7 on my S-meter; info qrz.com:
    
IZ1FIQ
Vincenzo Scozzarella
Via Monte Ortigara 46-3
10141 Torino,
Italy

From Fabio I got this AM info:
On 40 mtrs Italian AM stations using normaly: 7195 khz.
But when many qrm (read ssb) they move to 7190 or 7185.
On 80 mtrs. the 'home-freq.' is often 3745 khz for AM.

Greetings,

Henk / pe1mph
Dokkum / The Netherlands

[pe1mph]

Info from Italian AM

This afternoon I came from my work.
My wife were already busy with our Christmas tree, in our living room.
Very early this year, but she is mostly many days busy with it...

Sometimes I may help her a little....
But on the background I had my receiver on 7190 khz.
So I (we) heard many AM stations this afternoon from Italia.
We both take a break, to 'decorate' the tree....
I went to my 'studio' and did cq on 7190.
Time +/- 16.00 hours by me (15.00 London GMT).
Again I had an Italian station.... IZ0OKT, Robert

He was running 350 Watts out by his E.F. Johnson 500 transmitter, into an inverted vee dipole.

I was wondering about his high power...
He got S6 by me, but his audio were weak.

To be sure about his call, I sent Fabio (I0LBE) an email.
He wrote me: 'The call is correct'.

I thought: 'I was using only 20 Watts....'.


Greetings,

Henk / pe1mph

[pe1mph]

Very good conditions on 40 mtrs!

Just I worked some Italian stations on 7190 khz:
- IK0OKT, Robert now good audio, S5
- IZ3SVP, Stefano, S9!

There were more stations in AM qvr.
But there signals were to weak to copy.

This info I got just from Fabio, IØLBE:
Hello Henk, it is incredibile.
I am hearing you at 7.190 with my portable receiver and a magnetic short antenna on my city apartment !

Good dx on 40,

Henk / pe1mph

[pe1mph]

AM news from Italia.

Again I had some qso's with Italian stations in AM on 40 mtrs.
And sometimes I give AM info to Fabio: I0LBE
Mostly Italian AM is happening on 7190 and 7195 khz.
Sometimes on 80 mtrs. around 3740.

I told (by mail) Fabio about AM in USA.
He never heard AM from your site....
But, like all Italians, they don't know anything about it!
Nobody knows (for example) about AM around 3880!
So I told Fabio to listen there and maybe he can hear AM.....
But a pity last weeks bad conditions on 80 mtrs.

When he, or other Italians, hear AM from the USA...
I am 100% sure they let me know...

Good am DX,

pe1mph
Dokkum, The Netherlands

[WA3VJB]

All right, Henk !
Thanks for the update.

We have a Fabio here too, he goes by the name Tom, and uses the call K1JJ.

You might want to send a notice to the Italian I0LBE in case he misunderstands ...

But, like all Italians, they don't know anything about it!
Nobody knows (for example) about AM around 3880!
So I told Fabio to listen there and maybe he can hear AM.....