>>> Can't wait for December when it gets quiet on HF and
 >>> I can get back to playing on 160m again.
 >  JE> I'll love it when the band gets quiet again, and we can talk longer
 >  JE> distances with the same amount of power!
 >  Yep. But in my case its what the rig puts out only,no
 > amplifier yet.
As Wayne is fond of saying, it all depends on your antenna. If that's all 
you've gotta work with, make it work the best for you!
 >  JE> Of course, by next weekend, I -should- have my rock crusher AM rig 
back
 >  JE> operation, again.  Had to get the modulator circuit finished, and now
 >  JE> it's just about there (gotta punch a couple of holes in a chassis) 
ll
 >  JE> really have to do is hook it all up, and start talking to it! ;-)
Project got put on hold, and I still havn't found a way to cut a circle in 
16th" steel plate. :-(  Maybe Monday.
 >  I wish I still had a rig with AM in it.
 >  Used to like to listen to shortwave and the boys on
 > 3885 some nights.
 >  When you get it all ready to go take a listen on 3745
 > on a Saturday around 3pm Eastern for the Canadian
 > Boat-Anchor Net.
That's 2pm in the afternoon.  I just don't think a signal is going to travel 
more than about 500 miles on 75/80m during the daylight hours 
 >  All sorts of classic AM capable rigs can be heard
 > there from all over Ontario
 > and Quebec. Net control is usually VA3ES,Ed here in
 > Ottawa.
Ever listen to Timtron/WA1HLR (Or should I say "Double U Yay One Henry, 
Yellar, Radio - WA1 H Yell-R" up in Scowhegan, Maine?  Maybe even Uncle 
Ed/WA3PUN?
:-)
 >>> There have been some openings on 6m and a few on 2m ssb,but there are 
very
 >  JE> Have you heard anything from this far south on VHF?
 >  Farthest I have been on 6m ssb is the Texas and
 > Oklahoma border to the west,
Well, that's Central US covered   West is a ways to go, yet - nearly 
another 1000 miles to get from El Paso to the West Coast!
   73 = Best Regards
   -Jeff KA5THB
   ka5thb@bigfoot.com
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