[AMRadio] Usages of AM in the amateur context

Mon Sep 27 20:48:07 EDT 2010

My problem with ssb is I never hear anything even remotely interesting on 
the mode.
80 meters at night seems to be republican rants against the govt, or maybe 
what new radio the guy just got, and even what is on TV (they watch and talk 
on the radio at the same time?).

On AM, it seems what old gear someone is using/fixing (sometimes at the same 
time), antenna's, homebrew projects, audio experiments, etc.

I find the tech talk much more interesting.
Seems like real ham radio to me...

When a lot of people stopped using homebrew stations, the glory went out of 
ham radio.

Brett
N2DTS

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Hill" <JJan-3 at cox.net>
To: <amradio at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, September 27, 2010 3:20 AM
Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Usages of AM in the amateur context

> Regarding AM vs SSB, you definitely get out much better with
> SSB.  Years ago when the Heath DX 100 was available, a friend and I
> made a comparison test.  He had a DX 100 with the SSB phasing
> adapter, and lived about 40 miles away from me.  He transmitted on
> AM, and I rotated my beam until I couldn't hear him, and telephoned
> him to switch to SSB.  I had no problems copying him on SSB.  I was
> quite impressed. I noticed a big improvement when operating mobile,
> but my AM rig was a Morrow MB560 with a single 6146 in the final,
> while my SSB rig was a Swan 500 so there was a power difference,
> too.  I traded my MB560 for some other gear, and have regretted it ever 
> since.
> Jim
>
>
> At 01:30 AM 9/26/2010, you wrote:
>>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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