[AMRadio] "Real" AM'er

[Kevin Raper]

On Nov 26, 2011, at 5:29 PM, ne1s at securespeed.us wrote:

> You've got an SBE?

Yea, I got aggravated at the Slop Bucket QRM one evening enough to fire up my Soldering Iron.

> Cool. I thought they were more-or-less confined to the
> state of Maine.

That is where I got the Idea. The Inspiration was this page:

http://pmlol.com/wiki/index.php?title=SBE

> I have one too, but it's QRP - only 5W carrier out.

Mine is not exactly QRP. The Broadcast Industry is where I originally came from to Ham Radio and the Suggested 6146 or TV Sweep Tube didn't seem like it would have enough "Oomph" to knock these Buzzards out of the sky, so I built my SBE around a 4-1000A Final with the Modulation circuit stolen right out of a BTA-1R1.

> Therefore not too much SBE value, but I can usually be heard in New
> England on 75M in the mornings and late afternoons with it.

A friend said he heard me in Iowa on mine, but I sounded better when he listened in the FM Mode rather than the AM Mode. LOL

73,
Kevin Raper
KJ4HYD
CE WCKI WQIZ WLTQ

There is no limitation to the fidelity of AM radio. From a mathematical standpoint, AM does better in frequency response than FM. - Leonard Kahn