The message about the AM mode QSO Party certainly has been getting out slowly. But it's been tough because, after the dates were selected a few months ago, a contest was organised for the same weekend.
Accordingly, few people have time to take an interest in the strange garbled voices they hear on SSB. But more sad is the fact that a lot of people have been complaining, without thinking they could simply press the 'Mode' button and enjoy lovely AM audio. Certainly, I was blown away by the incredible audio from W9OO yesterday, which really did sound like he was sitting next to me in the shack.
Anyhow, I was delighted to hook-up with Bas, PE4BAS on 40m, despite very heavy QRM. A bit later, the band was a little clearer, allowing a decent recording:
2 comments:
Would love to know if you do this again, as I have an ex-army AM set (a C 11, with a WS 19 on the way) and steadily fewer people to have QSOs with! Just don't have the C 11 set up, and the WS 19 isn't arriving for a few weeks.
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Steve
G4YXU
Hi Steve, a lot of people have expressed a genuine, often emotional interest in more AM activity, which is really nice to see. I never had an interest in AM previously, but really can see why people love it now. There is talk of a summer AM event now.
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