[AMRadio] "Real" AM'er

[Kevin Raper]

On Nov 28, 2011, at 9:25 AM, Rick Poole wrote:

> What's a "PW" station?

Anything less than a few Hundred Watts is a PW (Piss Weak) Station. My Heathkit DX-60 is a PW Station while my Gates BC-500H is NOT a PW Station.

> but as I recall it, long monologues on AM were pretty much the norm back then... guess that hasn't changed.

Many AM Stations do not have push to talk, but have to flip several switches to go from Receive to Transmit, so they try to say as much as they can between switch flips.

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