[AMRadio] AM Presentation

[manualman at juno.com]

AM is just a mode like one of the many modes amateurs can use on the ham
bands. It offers advantages and disadvantages just like many of the other
modes we are allowed to use. Just like PSK , CW, SSB, etc., it can be fun
to communicate with others using the same mode and sometimes just as
frustrating due to QRM and propagation and band crowding. In speaking to
a club group, most likely, if any of them has bought a transceiver over
the last 15 or 20 years, there is an AM button or AM switch position they
can activate and be on the AM mode in seconds. The notion that one has to
run out a buy a vintage rig or build one just to operate in the AM mode
today and/or sound good, is outdated and highly overrated.

Pete, wa2cwa


On Sun, 16 Jun 2013 18:52:18 -0500 Bob Stevens <bob at choateco.net> writes:
> Tnx Rob, you nailed it. Whether I make a convert or not, the 
> important thing is to make them aware that there's another part of 
> the hobby. I'm not interested in PSK, but we had a presentation on 
> it and now I know something abt another facet of this great hobby. 
> 73, Bob K9ING
> 
> Sent from my iPad