[Boatanchors] =The_SSSOBs_Inspire_Me_Again?

[Rob Atkinson]

Sorry but I find that hard to believe.  From an audio frequency
response standpoint, the vintage ham gear would have to be
dramatically modified to achieve that sort of bandwidth.  You'd have
to get rid of the stock modulation transformer and use broadcast iron
and re-work the audio input network, alter the bypass capacitance all
the way through, and I have never heard of anyone with a common Viking
1 or 100 watt Collins rig or Heathkit or WRL doing all that.  Most
don't want to, preferring the stock or close to stock vintage
experience  with a D104 which has an inherent response curve.  the
broadcast rigs, solid state rigs and maybe the SDR rigs can be that
wide if the operator chooses, but there aren't that many of those on
the air relative to everything else.  Most rigs are old military gear,
the aforementioned vintage ham gear, and homebrew.  If you can get an
ART13 20 kc wide congratulations, you have worked a miracle, hi.

73

Rob
K5uJ

On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 9:24 PM, Dale Parfitt <parinc1 at frontier.com> wrote:
> At least  here in the southeast for every 100 AM and  100 SSB stations, the
> wide AM far outnumber the wide SSB stations. I really enjoy listening (and
> working some) to the AMers but 20Kc wide is quite common with the vintage
> gear judging from my Elecraft K3/P3.