Item (A)
If four stations on one frequency is not enough, how about adding nine more!
Item (B)
It would seem that a lot of these operators are afraid to go off on there own, and call CQ on one of the many frequencies that have been made available to them. It was just one year ago that all these AM'ers were very excited about the extra band space they were getting, especially the frequencies between 3600 kHz and 3700 kHz.
So where are they operating now, one year later? Most are still in the AM ghetto carrying on in their usual way, using language that is illegal, making off color comments, and sounding like a bunch of kids who never grew up. Some of these operators have decided to move down into the advanced segment of the 75 meter band and start a new ghetto area, again operating on just one or two frequencies.
And for those who say they do this because their friends in amateur radio only have an advanced class license, and can not go into the extra class section of the band, we would suggest that they spend less time on the air talking about nothing, and more time with the extra class manual. But that would require a little effort!
So it seems to us, here at the Buffalo Kilowatt Bookends home office, that nothing has changed very much for AM operation. It is hard to bring about a better acceptance of AM, when it is only present for the most part on a few select frequencies through out the amateur bands. Listen at random, between 3600 kHz and 3700 kHz, and see how many AM stations you here operating in that section of the 80 meter band.