[AMRadio] what is this????

[Jim in Waco WB5OXQ]

Just looked at a demo of an amp claimed to make 25kw on am modulation peaks. 
Claimed a 25kw slug in the Bird 43.  The bird was connected with rg-8 type 
coax using pl-259s.  Any broadcast transmitter I ever got close to used 
rigid hardine or waveguide feed and the wattmeter was not a 43 and was 
flange connected.  So I do not believe all I see.  Anyway what are you going 
to do with all that power?  It is a waste on 10 or 11 if the band is not 
open and I would not want to risk loosing my ticket and maybe going to jail! 
The largest AM broadcast station in my area is 10kw and most are only 1kw. 
If 10 is open you don't need much power to work the world.  If it is not you 
probably won't go much farther than 100 miles no matter how much power you 
put in the wire.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Nickels" <ranickel at comcast.net>
To: "Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service" 
<amradio at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2010 10:23 AM
Subject: Re: [AMRadio] what is this????


> On 11/29/2010 2:24 PM, Ed Sieb wrote:
>>   These range from  200W all the way to 15,000W  or more.
> Ed's not kidding.  I stumbled across some on Youtube, and believe it or
> not there are some top-notch amplifier builders involved with these
> things.    Check out this one for example:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaSPzM4C-qs&feature=related
>
> We now know why sometimes signals can be heard on 11 meters but not on 10!
>
> 73, Bob W9RAN
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