[Heathkit] Broadcast quality audio???

jeremy-ca km1h at jeremy.mv.com
Wed May 17 10:30:21 EDT 2006


I spend a fair amount of time on 6M AM with my Clegg Zeus/Interceptor. There 
are lots of real nice sounding AMers who have gone the extra bit to improve 
the audio. On 6M there is enough room to be almost BC wide without bothering 
anyone.

Carl
KM1H

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark K3MSB" <k3msb at hughes.net>
To: <heathkit at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 11:04 PM
Subject: Re: [Heathkit] Broadcast quality audio???


> Dave --
>
> That's why I like 10M AM.  A few years ago, before we really dropped into 
> the sunspot min,  it was quite common to have back to back 30+ min chats 
> on 10M AM.    I remember one memorable one with a fellow in Utah where the 
> topics of converstaion ranged from radios to property values to the kinds 
> of chicken feed we both used.
>
> Can't wait for 10M to pick up again.
> 73 Mark K3MSB
>
> WA3GIN @ Arlington County, VA wrote:
>
>> HAHA,
>>
>> Quality...what about the content!  When is the last time you heard a 
>> really good sounding signal where the operator actually something 
>> interesting to say or who could draw-out a good QSO from the person 
>> he/she was speaking with for 20-30 minutes.  Seems like ham these days 
>> spend a lot of time tinkering with the equipment, talk about the 
>> tinkering, get reports about the effects of the tinkering, then sign-off. 
>> Where have all the RAG CHEW certificate holders gone, haha.
>>
>> enjoy the tinkering,
>> dave
>> wa3gin
>>
>> doc wrote:
>>
>>>> You make a sound point, that doesn't just relate to the 50's.  I hear 
>>>> many
>>>> otherwise great sounding ham rigs or converted broadcast (mostly the 
>>>> latter)
>>>> radios on, with extremely flat frequency response, lots of low end, 
>>>> etc....
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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