[AMRadio] what is this????

[Ed Sieb]

Precisely, Jim,

You're looking at the CB amp situation from a legal Ham perspective.  Can't be done -
nothing legal about this! It's all about the "keydowns" and  broadcasting on the
"superbowl".  These guys, when not competing in "keydowns",  are competing on the
"superbowl" to see who can be the loudest.   The guy with the biggest amp wins.   There
are literally dozens of companies making big amps.  Some are very professional and high
quality like "Wizard".  I wonder if he makes amateur amps?  I see he has a 2 X 3-500G
amp.  I should ask him.   (And I wonder what his call-sign is?  Most of these amp makers
are hams.)

Ed, VA3ES
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Bob, N0DGN wrote:
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.