GB0AMC had set-up at Dulas Bay, east coast of Anglesey, by about 10am, and was receiving steady calls.
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| GB0AMC at Dulas Bay, just after high tide. |
I took a trip to visit the station, just a couple of km from me. I'd left the radio at home on 3.625MHz. When I came back, my XYL asked me if I'd enjoyed my cup of tea? Huh? She had heard me talking about it in the bakcground as GB0AMC was busy making a call!
Meanwhile, someone asked me if I'd seen a dog, as he'd lost it. I told him it was causing traffic chaos, running around in the main road! He later safely retrieved the dog.
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| Simon Taylor, MW0NWM, organiser of the AM QSO Party, operates GB0AMC. |
By the afternoon, a few more stations had understood there was some AM activity underway, helped by plenty of cluster spotting. DM8MM was doing particularly well with a 3-ele beam for 40m, with a constant stream of G- stations calling him all afternoon.
I gave a call on 14.325MHz, and was very surprised to hear a 59+ call from W9OO. I was quite emotional as Carl told me this was the first QSO is AM mode he had made since 1967! That really made my day.
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| Simon's very fine homebrew crystal-controlled valve TX. |
Well, it wasn't as busy as it could have been, but not bad, either. There's still another evening and half a day to go, so we'll see if any more surprises turn up!
Listen to the beautiful AM audio of DM8MM, with a 200W carrier:
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