[AMRadio] Usages of AM in the amateur context

[Todd, KA1KAQ]

VFOs are cheap these days, but I find mos folks still have trouble
breaking the dial loose from a 10-15 kc chunk of spectrum, regardless
of band.

A good number of us hang out below 3800, in the 80m portion of the
band. Plenty of space to spread out for decent AM audio, and none of
the issues associated with 75m. True, you can't operate there if
you're only a general, but it's pretty good incentive to upgrade.

I had planned to operate a bit last night, but we had some nasty
static here from a large area of storms. Should be better conditions
over the next week.

~ Todd,  KA1KAQ/4

On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 9:41 PM, Jim in Waco WB5OXQ
<wb5oxq at grandecom.net> wrote:
> I can work anywhere but my receiver is too broad to separate a 5kc spread on
> am.  If I choose the narrow filter the audio is too mushy for good copy on
> am.  Perhaps those of us with vfo can move to 3.885.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kevin Raper" <kj4hyd at gmail.com>
> To: "Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service"
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> Sent: Monday, September 27, 2010 8:36 PM
> Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Usages of AM in the amateur context
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>>
>> On Oct 27, 2010, at 7:23 PM, Jim in Waco WB5OXQ wrote:
>>
>>> I spend 2 hours last night on 3.880 AM talking with Ken KA5RHK in
>>> Arkansas
>>> and we paused many times hoping for others to join in with no takers.
>>> Where is everybody.
>>
>> I am Rock-Bound on 3885 for my main rig.
>>
>> 73,
>> Kevin Raper
>> KJ4HYD
>> CE WCKI WQIZ
>>
>> There is no limitation to the fidelity of AM radio. From a mathematical
>> standpoint, AM does better in frequency response than FM. - Leonard Kahn
>>
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