[AMRadio] A standard or catch as catch can?

[Bob]

Pete. Thank you for  a concise complete and true compilation of the facts ,
technical parameters,  pertaining to the operation and what’s allowed to be
done on 10.



On Fri, Feb 25, 2022 at 7:12 PM <manualman at juno.com> wrote:

> Basic U. S. regulations below; International regulations vary. During the
> last sunspot peak, Russian cab drivers were heard regularly above 29.1
> MHz on AM.
> Novice CW
> 28.000-28.300 MHz is a very active part of 10 meters for CW operation.
> Novice/Technician phone
> 28.300-28.500 MHz is probably the most active part of the 10-meter band.
> Operation in this segment is almost exclusively SSB worldwide.
>
> AM sub-band
> From 29.000 to 29.200 MHz. Formerly practice was to use the band in 10
> kHz steps: e.g. 29.010, 29.020, 29.030,... etc. This has not been the
> case since the 1970s, which saw an influx of surplus 23-channel CB
> equipment modified for use on the 10-meter amateur band. The surplus
> equipment would land in 10 kHz steps on the 5 kHz step such as: 29.015,
> 29.025, 29.035, etc. Users of the surplus equipment also inherited those
> radios' odd channel spacing, which on CB skipped channels that were not
> used there, because they were set aside for remote control operations.
>
>
> Amateur Extras, Advanced, and Generals can operate phone from 28.3 MHz to
> 29.7 MHz with full power. Only Novice and Technicians have the 200 watt
> and SSB limit from 28.3 MHz to 28.5 MHz.
>
> Pete, wa2cwa
> www.manualman.com
>
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> On Fri, 25 Feb 2022 15:12:40 -0600 ARS W5OMR <ars.w5omr at gmail.com>
> writes:
> I dont think AM is allowed in the Novice subband of 10m.
> Didn't Ashtabula Bill get in trouble for that?
> Plus, a 200w PEP limit of power...
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> On Fri, Feb 25, 2022, 13:43 <manualman at juno.com> wrote:
>
> Courier 23 is a 23 channel AM transceiver. The majority of all 10 meter
> AM contacts happen within the AM band plan designation of 29.0 to 29.2
> MHz. You might find some AM signals coming out of Japan around 28.310
> MHz.
> Not to say you can't work SSB stations somewhere within the 10 meter band
> but you might have add a BFO to the Courier 23 in order to understand
> what they are saying.
> You should have mentioned, if you convert it to 10 meters, what
> frequencies do you wind up on. 10 meters covers a big range of
> frequencies.
>
> Pete, wa2cwa
> www.manualman.com
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