[Boatanchors] AM Operators

[Norman Hairston]

Bob:

I feel your pain. I was first licensed in 1955. As Patric Henry said, 
"HARDLY A PERSON ALIVE TODAY REMEMBERS THOSE TIMES". That is close to 
the quote. Well, I suppose we are fortunate that we can still work our 
favorite mode. Though we have to compete with other modes as we did in 
the pre-SSB days.

Harold

On 10/01/15 5:32 PM, rbethman wrote:
> I am just as ticked off with "Appliance Operators" and "Plastic Radio" 
> comments as anyone else is!
>
> I had no choice but to go to a Solid State Transceiver.  Purely due to 
> medical issues!
>
> Try running a TS-2000 on AM and still have it sound good!
>
> 1) You won't get 25W out as the radio is capable of!  It would be over 
> driven.
>
> 2) Modulation IS decreased if you want good audio!
>
> The range of output ends up somewhere about 17 Watts, then kept down 
> in modulation so it does NOT sound like garbage!
>
> The majority of AM operators appreciate the effort taken to make their 
> signals sound good!
>
> The only way to get out to folks is to take that puny 17Watts and push 
> it into a pair of 3-500Zs.
>
> Then I can get heard.  I have checked with those that I have talked 
> with and specifically asked how it sounds.
>
> The answer, across the board, has been a resounding YES!
>
> I certainly am not an appliance operator!  I've been at this since 1980.
>
> The very first station was an SB-102, SP-600, and the requisite HP-23 
> mounted inside the speaker.
>
> The very next station was one I bid on with the local club.  It was an 
> HT-37, SX-101A, and then I built a pair of GG-813s.  I got out a 
> whopping 600W at best.
>
> I have been running AM ever since.
>
> I have run SSB, and that was primarily as a member of the Georgia 
> Single Sideband Net.
>
> The remainder of the time I have run AM.  The SX-101A and the HT-37 
> went to a local High School for their science class.
>
> I've gone through HT-32s, TX-1s, BC-610s, and more radios over the 
> span of 30+ years of being licensed, than I can even remember.
>
> I am happier working AM stations and AM as a mode, than I have with SSB.
>
> The biggest pain in the rump are SSB operators whom run an extremely 
> broad signal trying in utter failure to get the AM sound out of SSB!
>
> Those are the ones that splatter all over any band that you choose to 
> listen to!
>
> Regards, Bob - N0DGN
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