[AMRadio] "Real" AM'er

Kevin Raper kj4hyd at gmail.com
Mon Nov 28 10:39:00 EST 2011


On Nov 28, 2011, at 10:01 AM, Rick Poole wrote:

> But, "several switches"?  Seems kind of excessive, even back then.  I 
> recall seeing a video clip on YouTube where someone was demonstrating 
> his big monster AM station,<SNIP>The 
> operator had to switch the receiver, then reach over there to switch 
> the antenna, then turn his chair around to reach over here to switch 
> the transmitter, then the opposite sequence to go back to receive... 
> really seemed like some of that could have been automated a bit…

Yea, but if you wanna run an Authentic "Old Buzzard Station", that is how it was done back then.

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








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