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Western AM Club

transmitter tube array at W6BM
four 833As in W6BM's 1938 Collins transmitter, Model 20K

www.ami-west.com
Welcome to the official web site for Western AM operators who enjoy restoration and operation of AM radio equipment. Meet the control operators, see many vintage AM stations, and hear their individual stories. Swap ideas, parts, post circuit improvements or write an article of your own restoration project.

The Western AM Club, "W6AMI," has no dues or meetings, just a weekly net each Wednesday at 7:00 PM local time on 3870 kHz where you are welcome. The monthly roster and calendar of upcoming AM events are updated each month and can be easily downloaded for your convenience.

San Diego AMI Net
Mondays starting at 7:00 pm PT, 3870 kHz

Net Control Operators:
Paul N6BZY ... Larry WA6KCJ ... Charlie KG6PRO ... George WB6YEC

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West Coast AMI Net
Wednesdays starting at 8:00 pm PT, 3870 kHz

Net Control Operators:
Brian NI6Q ... George WA6HCX ... Sharon K6IRD ... Ron W6OM ... Vic K6IC

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CCA Wednesday AM Net
Wednesdays starting at 4:00 pm ET, 3880 kHz

Sponsored by the Collins Collectors Association
For the complete schedule in all time zones, click here

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Friday Night Happy Hour
Fridays starting at 8:00 pm PT, 3870 kHz

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Saturday Eye Opener
Saturdays starting at 6:00 am PT, 3870 kHz

NEW:

Stickam

AM on TV

via the Stickam website

Several AM operators are experimenting with a live video display of their radio shacks during these scheduled nets.

All participating stations are viewable on one webpage. To access this webpage, listen for the "host" callsign, which may be different each session, and include it in the URL as follows: "http://www.stickam.com/callsign"

For example:
"http://www.stickam.com/K6IRD"

Stickam page display

NOTE: All AM stations in all time zones are welcome.

General AM (Amplitude Modulation) Resources and Links
The AM Press/Exchange

The AM Window

AMfone (The AM Forum)

AMI (AM International)

Arizona AM Net

ARRL AM Page

DMOZ Open Directory Project: AM links

Electric Radio Magazine

KX4R's Southeastern Ham Radio Shacks

NW USA and Canadian AMI (W7JHS)

Southeastern AM Radio Club

Southeastern AM Radio Club

Transmitter Basics -- 1940 Thordarson book

WHRM: Communication Receivers: 1928--1941

WHRM: Communication Receivers: 1941--1955

Amplitude Modulation Using Natural Asymmetrical Voice
Radio National Website (features an analysis of AM and SSB bandwidth issues)

Air coil inductance calculator Online Calculators for Everything Resistor color band calculator Vacuum tube pdf data sheets
AM Hi-Fi audio processing Taming your audio with compression Microphones, past & present

K6GLH transmitter
K6GLH homebrew transmitter
AMI January 2010 ROSTER -- Western States (PDF file)
AMI January 2010 CALENDAR (PDF file)
. . . NEWS FLASH . . .
AM TRANSMITTER RALLY

160 meters to 10 meters
begins: Saturday, February 6, 6AM EST
ends: Sunday, February 7, 2AM EST

Click here for more information (PDF file)


Photo of AMI group meeting, April 2002 Host: N6PY

Photo of AMI group meeting, June 2007 Host: WA6HCX

Photo of AMI group meeting, May 2008 Host: WA6HCX

Photo of AMI group meeting, May 2009 Host: WA6HCX

Links to members who have photos or webpages on the Internet
WB6ACU

W9AD

N9AMI

KA6BFB

K6BW

N6BZY

K6CUA

LU1DCL

K5DIC

KJ6EF

K6EGS

K9EID

K6ER

K6ESE

AL0F

WA6FIZ

K6GCN

W1GFH

K6GLH

WA6HCX

WA6HDY

KF0HR

KK6HY

KI6HZS

K6IC

K6IRD

W7ISJ

K7JEB

WA6JUS

K6JWB

WA6KCJ

NO6L

W7MD

LU1MEK

KO6NM

W6OM

N6OMW

KB6OQJ

W6OZI

KF6PQT

KG6PRO

NI6Q

W8QBG

W7QHO

W8QYT/7

N7RCA

NA7RH

KO6SM

K6SRO

W6THW

KE7TRP

KK7TV

N6TYF

KM5TZ

WA8ULG

W7UO

WA6VVL

W7XH

W7YBS

WB6YEC

WJ6W

W5WVI

W1ZD/7

K6ZSR



THE AMI STORE

Club email address: w6om@cox.net

Club founder and trustee: Ron W6OM

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