[AMRadio] what is this????

[rbethman]

Jim - These "folks" build and use these "monstrosities" solely for use 
in their "keydown" *contests*, (Joke in itself!), OR they use them on CH 
6, which is referred to as the *SuperBowl*!  That is where they simply 
begin and carry on a broadcast with the biggest gun gets heard.

You are trying to look at this with a logical point of view.  They do 
NOT apply logic!

I've found local traffic of truckers on CH2.  I kept an old Tram D-201 
tube type base for grins and giggles.

Bob - N0DGN

On 11/30/2010 11:43 AM, Jim in Waco WB5OXQ wrote:
> 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.