>> Ever (late-late-late at night) played with FM on 80m?
 >> Tried it a few times and the results were bizarre compared to AM.
 JE> I've not tried FM on 75m, but have heard of some using "sliver" mode on
 JE> 40m.  Beisell functions are quite important in FM communication, and 
there
 JE> was some talk about some of the local AM community moving to FM, when 
he
 JE> power limitation for AM stations came about - the FCC said "ALL MODES 
were
 JE> to be limited to 1500w PEP OUTPUT".  A little math shows that around 
75w
 JE> out of carrier and 100% audio develops 1500w PEP output.  So, the 
-1's,
 If some of the AM users on 3885 went FM right now the howling would start so
fast about it from the weenies on either side of them it wouldn't last long 
enough to get any idea it it would be feasable.
 Why someone elects to `park' 5KHz away from a recognized AM area and they 
bitch about the problem is beyond me.
 JE> Selective fade however, plays a -huge- part in recieving an FM signal, 
s
 JE> you've found out 
 >> Want to try for -next- Saturday?
 >> Same area...3700 up to 3725 on cw?
 JE> Can try...CW starting Saturday night (if I'm here - schedule is so 
screwed
 JE> up now, I don't know where I'll be) at 2000 CST (0200Z ?) at 3700 to 
3705,
 JE> then at 2030 (0230Z, if that's right) on fone at 3755 to 3765kHz.
 How about -this- Saturday from 8pm eastern around the freqs in netmail?
 If we can get this to work maybe we can get an informal net of some sort 
going
for anyone in the HAM related echos to join in on this winter for some voice
fun so we can place a voice with what we see on the screen.
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