[AMRadio] AM Radio

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Any 1Kw Solid State BC rig can be run well below 375 watts. Am stations 
have different day and night powers. A full time 1KW station could 
easily have a 250 watt night power while a class D may be licensed to 
less than 10 watts at night.  OR the TX could legally be run ACC -6db 
with a 1 KW carrier. Some BC TXs have that feature built in.

A Nautel J1000 can be purchased for under $15K which is just slightly 
north of the cost of a tricked out contesting rig.

On 1/25/12 1:23 PM, rbethman wrote:
> It isn't *JUST* money!
>
> And *relative* is putting it mildly!
>
> Look at Bob Macklin.  He has issues with a DX-60 causing issues with
> cable boxes and TVs.  He has very tight limits on antennas.
>
> I'm tickled to death that a BC-610 and its antenna fits in here.
>
> A Commercial 1KW, is a KW Carrier!  It is NOT 1500W PEP.
>
> We are talking completely different worlds.
>
> You *could* run just the 1KW carrier, but you couldn't modulate it.  At
> least not in a percentage that would be heard.
>