[AMRadio] AMers all "old-timers"?

[Geoff/W5OMR]

A.R.S. - WA5AM wrote:
> On Nov 22, 2007 10:48 AM, Mike Sawyer <w3slk at hughes.net> wrote:
>   
>> Me and KN0R, (now the fine call, KK4AM) got on 160M and ran NBFM at about
>> 1500watts. 
>>     
>
> Kent/KX5KW and I have toyed with the idea of doing that too Mike.  We
> live close enough to do it on 10 meters, but have wondered how we
> would fare down below.
>   

For a test, I ran FM on 40m with a buddy.  I was mobile on I-10 between 
San Antonio and Houston, he was near Lake Charles.  The band was in 
decent shape and he was 20/S-9, on ssb.  went to FM, running around 300w 
out of the mobile, and I think he was somewhere near a kW... once the 
squelch was set, it was just like talking simplex on 2m FM.  but, we 
didn't stay there long, because there was 10 other people gathered on 
frequency.

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Driving your AM Rig without a scope, 
is like driving your car at night, without headlights. (K4KYV)

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73 = Best Regards,
-Geoff/W5OMR