[AMRadio] About 28.3 - 28.5

[manualman at juno.com]

I assume you really mean 28.7 not 29.7 since we lost the top 300 KHz of
10 meters (29.7 - 30.0 MHz) during the 1947 ITU Conference.

A good place to start for QRP AM, CW, SSB, or whatever is here:
http://www.qrparci.org/content/view/20/116/

Pete, wa2cwa

On Tue, 23 Nov 2010 20:25:06 -0800 (PST) CL in NC <mjcal77 at yahoo.com>
writes:
> 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