Did I hear it good....

[pe1mph]

Hello AM Lovers,
Just I had a qso on 29.020 ofcourse in AM.
Oh first.... good conditions on Ten meter last days!

Days before today I had already a qso with:
CT1EHI, 29.020 big signal!
W0MS call correct?, 29.060 fair
WA1SOV Peet, 29.020 good signal
PA3HDM, 29.020 locale talk
WB5IRI, 29.000 good signal

But can I trust my own ears?
Just I had a short qso on 29.020 in AM with: WB2RON
His signal were a short time very good, then I lost him....
I heard not him, but others on 29.020.
Did I hear it good, he using 20 Watts.... hi, hi....
Great, because I used only 15 Watts, naked carrier!
Comming out an old Kenwood TS 50

Now I use a strange antenna.... hi, hi....
It is a dipole, but one leg hanging nearly horizontale from the roof to a tree.
The other leg hanging from the roof to a pole (3 meters high)

While I type this I hear plenty AM stations from the Usa on Ten!!

Around 29.011 I heard Tim, I think....


Greetings and have a good AM DX,

Henk / pe1mph
Dokkum / The Netherlands

[pe1mph]

Hi, hi....

This evening I listen a long time to Rick, VE6CQ
He were very busy on 29.080 in AM.
Rick did had mostly more then S9, a big signal.
Regularly times I tried to contact him, but....
But I wait..... and wait....

Suddenly a station asking me to go 10 khz down.
Ofcourse I did, but his signal were absolutely gone...
So I listen a short time on 29.070.

An AM Lover needs to 'be patient'...

And yes later there I heard a very famous call for me: WB1EAD!
During many years Dave and I did have qso's on Ten Meter.
Great to hear him again on Ten ofcoures in AM.
His signal were not strong, but at the end of our talk: S9!
Qso time by me 19.10 hour, GMT 17.10.

Thanks for calling me Dave!!


Greetings,

Henk / pe1mph
Dokkum / The Netherlands

[wb1ead]

Hi Henk..it was fun to be active there for a little while..mostly busy busy here with "orders" given by the foreman (my XYL) but after completing the painting of our exterior sashes on the windows I decided to tune the bands..great to run into you..Professor Rick VE6CQ was too busy to even answer me so don't lose hope..I did later listen in on Steve KL7OF working an op from Iceland..good show Steve !..yes Henk all of the ops you reported on were for the most part hoid here..this cud be the last go around for 10 AM this cycle but ya never know..!!  take care Henk and look for ya again..73 de DAVE WB1EAD

[pe1mph]

Ten: Great band for AM!
Mostly every afternoon I listen to Ten Meter (10 meter band).
I can have fun, only by listening to all those AM stations.
Some times I go to my studio to make a qso.
With only 20 Watt into some wires..... great to talk with AM lovers.

Hi, hi I have evenso big fun when I heard a well-know name/call for me
Mentioned by an AM station outsite The Netherlands!
Often I make then a little recording by my mobile phone.... hi, hi....
And sent it to the AM Lover from The Netherlands.

Evenso I have big fun when 'new' stations are talking in AM!
I know some around me, who are surprised about AM on the Ten Meter Band!

Sometimes I hear stations from the Usa calling cq, cq and cq.
Then I hear totaly nothing returning, a pity...
But mostly I hear such in the late afternoon or early evening!
Perhaps.... most Usa AM stations using (horizontale) beams?
We (Europe) using mostly a wire antenna, thats the reason?

Hi, hi..... surprice for me!
Some days ago I got a little movie from: Dave W2VW

'Will send a link to you of video of your QSO on 29.010 mhz in a separate email.'

Hi, hi.... I heard Dave often but mostly stations stronger then me on air.....

Impressed!
From such nice emails I got several times.
For example the email from WA4JQS, Tony
After our qso on 29050 he sent me an email, great!

Or the reaction from CT7AIU, I sent him a recording:
'You make my day!´

Oh by the way: I heard often VE6CQ with a very nice audio.

And sometimes I hear on 29000 khz a for me strange sound!
Yesterday afternoon I heard that on 29150 khz....
Who can tell me where it is comming from??

Last days I can hear many BC stations from the Usa on mediumwave.
For example WINS on 1010 khz I can hear nearly every (early) morning.
From Canada often I hear VOCM on 590 khz

I have no idea if you listen to shortwave stations from The Netherlands.
Now on air Radio Delta on 6170 khz from Holland, see: https://radiodelta.am/
Perhaps....

Thats all for now.


Greetings,

Henk / pe1mph
Dokkum / The Netherlands