[Elecraft] K3: Desired AM mode improvements

[Brian Alsop]

And get the backlog down to almost "off the shelf" .......

It is clear that it isn't just the HF op who is blind.

73 de Brian/K3KO

jimbrass wrote:

> I'll have to go along with K3KO; I tried to opine the same thought 
> through Nabble and it was never posted.  Three of the most voracious 
> modes, spectrum wise, are FM, AM, and most anything digital, in that 
> order.  Spectrum is and has been a premium for amateurs.  It may be 
> more so in the future.  A relative few hams are users of the 
> aforementioned modes.  They appear to be the most frequent commenters 
> on this reflector.  Spectrum use is one issue. The other is making the 
> K3 all things to all users.  I personally want to see a great CW and 
> SSB radio.  If, with time, it can do more with other modes, great.  I 
> wish the FM/AM/digital folks would remember that there are two guys, 
> one the code writer, who drive the K3 developement.  Give them a break 
> and lets ease up on the esoteric.
>
> My opinion.
>
> 73, Jim, K4ZMV
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "AD6XY - Mike" <m.j.willis at rl.ac.uk>
> To: <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Friday, April 18, 2008 9:19 AM
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3: Desired AM mode improvements
>
>
>>
>>
>> The blindness of the HF only operator again?
>>
>> FM is absolutely a majority mode everywhere but HF, but to have only 
>> heard 1
>> FM signal in 50 years implies not attempt to progress beyond HF.
>>
>> FM is used all the time at VHF, though not for DX. That in Europe at 
>> least
>> includes 6m and up. There is also limited activity at 10m. The K3 is an
>> excellent transverter driver and that is the reason many of us bought 
>> one.
>> Having FM capabilities is necessary for DXing at VHF and above. I am 
>> sure
>> everyone aware that microwave rain scatter contacts are frequently 
>> easier to
>> complete using FM than SSB or CW because of the dispersive effects of 
>> the
>> mode. Then there are  the FM satellites.
>>
>> AM is less used for transmission but very much used for SWL.
>>
>> Mike
>>
>>
>> K3KO wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Ken,
>>>
>>> In almost 50 years,  I've heard maybe 1 amateur FM station operating.
>>> Yeah, there may be a few more but it hardly constitutes a majority 
>>> mode.
>>> Are there really so many ham AM ops?
>>>
>>
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>>
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