[Johnson] An AM question

Sun, 11 Jan 2004 19:27:11 -0800

So true...

Regards

Dave Harmon
NSRCA 586
K6XYZ[at]comcast[dot]net
Torrance, Ca.

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of K2DP
Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2004 1:31 PM
To: Philip Atchley; [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Johnson] An AM question

Phil,

The odds are that what you are hearing are people running solid state
rice
boxes in the AM mode. Very few foks have gone to the trouble of getting
some
type of monitor scope in line with the transmitter, thus they don't even
know what their transmitted signal looks like.

If we ever get the chance to work each other on AM, you will hear how
nicely
an unmodified Johnson Ranger 1, late model with the factory PTT and grid
block keying sounds with a stock (no pre-amp D-104 microphone.

73 and enjoy the AM,
Dave, K2DP, St. Louis, MO
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Philip Atchley" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2004 2:59 PM
Subject: [Johnson] An AM question

> Hi.
> Since getting the Viking Ranger/Hammarlund HQ-110 on line and
operating
> properly I've been doing a modest amount of AM operation, primarily on
10M.
>
> My question is this.  It seems that a very large percentage of people
> running AM appear to have their "Mic gain" set for considerably less
than
> 100% modulation.  All too often I hear/see a tremendous carrier on the
S
> meter that really knocks the background noise down.  However, the
Audio
> often appears to be quite weak in comparison, often making the person
on
the
> other end sound like they're "mumbling in their beard".
>
> It seems like all these old rigs with high level modulation should
sound
> much better than that.  Of course this isn't true of everyone, I do
hear
> some well modulated rigs out there that sound like they're pushing
close
to
> 100%, good audio etc.
>
> 73 from the "Beaconeers Lair".
> Phil, KO6BB
>
> DX begins at the noise floor!
> [email protected]
> Merced, Central California
> 37.18N  120.29W  CM97sh
>
>
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