[AMRadio] About 28.3 - 28.5

[CL in NC]

I am guessing the rule change is what started the migration below 28.5 on SSB.  Of course, the tube gear of the 60's and early 70's only had  a band crystal for 28.5 to 29 standard, and the SSB ops stayed below 29.7, occasionaly moving up a bit when the band was crowded.  I operated a lot of AM starting at 29.7 and up from there, but never above 29.  Venturing below 29.7 would get you yelled at a time or two, but not like the abuse you get on 75 meters.  I logged a ton of DX contacts in those years running only 50 watts out.  It seemed every British station I worked used a rhombic antenna.

There used to be a contest for the longest DX,  AM QSO with the least power.  At one time, a VK station (I think) had the record with an AM ouput power of 1/2 watt or less to the US, 10 meters of course.  Is that competition still done?  Was it a VK thing only?

Charlie, W4MEC in NC