[AMRadio] Usages of AM in the amateur context

[Kevin Raper]

On Sep 28, 2010, at 12:05 PM, Clarke, Tom AIR4.0P NATOPS wrote:

> Now if we can just drop the
> "for ID" that seems to be appended to all transmissions, life will be
> good.

Locally, we have the "Repeater Cops" that are getting everybody busted for the dumbest things, including IDing 30 seconds too late. So, now about every other sentence people are saying the calls "For ID".

> All in all, it's better to have some activity on the machine,
> instead of the thundering silence normally experienced!

Several of us locals are now hanging out on 160 Meters and 75 Meters AM all of the time, rather than mess with the repeater.

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