[AMRadio] Usages of AM in the amateur context

[Mack Rogers]

There's CW and then there's AM. What is this SSB of which you speak? (big grin)


Mack Rogers
N4VGB



--- On Sun, 9/26/10, Donald R McMurray <donmcm63 at bellsouth.net> wrote:

> From: Donald R McMurray <donmcm63 at bellsouth.net>
> Subject: [AMRadio] Usages of AM in the amateur context
> To: amradio at mailman.qth.net
> Date: Sunday, September 26, 2010, 4:30 AM
> Hello everyone,
> 
> I am new to this group and amateur radio. I am 32 years old
> and have had some health problems the past few years.
> 
> I bought a Kenwood TS-930S in 2006. I hooked up a 12 awg
> wire approx 60' long and in some places up to 35' tall. It
> works a lot better than I thought it would. I run it
> straight down from the apex of the house. I run it through
> the window and close the window on it. It doesn't seem to
> hurt it because of the insulation on it. I run the 12 awg
> strait into the back of the radio with the help of a very
> short and small gauge nail so the wire will stay in place
> and make good contact. Of course, this is just a receiving
> antenna, if you could call it that. 
> 
> While I'm studying for my exams, my mentor suggested that
> it would be more motivating if I got a working station built
> to get used to listening and developing my ham shack ( but
> of course not transmitting until I'm licensed ). My favorite
> band while I've been doing all this listening on the bands
> in the 75-80 meter band. I almost have all the parts
> together to build a half-wave 75 meter dipole. I have
> studied our property and I know I can get it 50' high but
> I'm hoping for 60' which would be a 1/4 wave in height. I
> have other antennas in mind for the other HF bands.
> 
> Well... enough rambling. My question is, how effective is
> AM on the bands, what bands do you usually use, what time of
> day do you usually use them, and how do you know someone is
> calling CQ on a band that is predominately SSB?
> 
> I hope everyone will bare with me, as I am just trying to
> learn about full-wave AM ( I guess that is a term for AM
> since SSB AM is either the bottom or top of the AM wave, but
> please correct me if I'm using the wrong terminology).
> 
> I hope some of you might want to explain the standard of AM
> in amateur radio, versus SSB.
> 
> I hope to be licensed soon, so maybe I'll see you on the
> bands! 73's
> 
> Donald McMurray
> Kingston, TN
> mailto:donmcm63 at bellsouth.net
> 
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