Radio Etiquette

[A.E. 352]

This doesn't really pertain to A.E. members, just radio operators in
general. Years ago, there was a 'Gentlemans Agreement' that AM'ers would
operated on channels 30 and BELOW, and us SSB operators would run channels
31 and ABOVE and things worked out great for all ops. Too bad this
'agreement' has gone out the window these days! I mean...I've heard many
AM'ers with BIG linears running as high as 27. 805 , with most of them
running between channels 34-40 which is really counter-productive to any
decent SSB DX. I actually talked to a guy tonight on channel 36 AM and told
him that he should try LSB instead. Well, we went there and we talked for
quite awhile. Seems he really didn't know too much about sideband, but after
hearing all of the stations he LOVED it. Oh well...it seems that I've gotten
one guy on track. I only have about a million more to go!

[DrDeath]

"Bob Dobbs EC42" > wrote in message
news:pan.2006.08.05.05.13.46.565000@Quetzalcoatl.. .
> On Sat, 05 Aug 2006 04:15:15 +0000, A.E. 352 wrote:
>
>> This doesn't really pertain to A.E. members, just radio operators in
>> general. Years ago, there was a 'Gentlemans Agreement' that AM'ers would
>> operated on channels 30 and BELOW, and us SSB operators would run
>> channels
>> 31 and ABOVE and things worked out great for all ops. Too bad this
>> 'agreement' has gone out the window these days!
>
> Around here we have commercial trucking firms operated by Mexicans that
> use whatever channel someone selects when they leave the yard.
>
>
> --
>
> Echo Charlie 42
> San Diego, California

We had a small cab company that tried using 11 meters for dispatch. Needless
to say the locals put a stop to it by following them from channel to
channel.

[Steveo]

"A.E. 352" > wrote:
> This doesn't really pertain to A.E. members, just radio operators in
> general. Years ago, there was a 'Gentlemans Agreement' that AM'ers would
> operated on channels 30 and BELOW, and us SSB operators would run
> channels 31 and ABOVE and things worked out great for all ops. Too bad
> this 'agreement' has gone out the window these days! I mean...I've heard
> many AM'ers with BIG linears running as high as 27. 805 , with most of
> them running between channels 34-40 which is really counter-productive to
> any decent SSB DX. I actually talked to a guy tonight on channel 36 AM
> and told him that he should try LSB instead. Well, we went there and we
> talked for quite awhile. Seems he really didn't know too much about
> sideband, but after hearing all of the stations he LOVED it. Oh well...it
> seems that I've gotten one guy on track. I only have about a million more
> to go!
>
We get a lot of that here too, especially from truckers.

[Steveo]

Bob Dobbs EC42 > wrote:
> On Sat, 05 Aug 2006 04:15:15 +0000, A.E. 352 wrote:
>
> > This doesn't really pertain to A.E. members, just radio operators in
> > general. Years ago, there was a 'Gentlemans Agreement' that AM'ers
> > would operated on channels 30 and BELOW, and us SSB operators would run
> > channels 31 and ABOVE and things worked out great for all ops. Too bad
> > this 'agreement' has gone out the window these days!
>
> Around here we have commercial trucking firms operated by Mexicans that
> use whatever channel someone selects when they leave the yard.
>
...and the truckers are usually running right behind each other with their
squelch turned way up so forget about asking them nicely to move..