[Milsurplus] BC-348 / ARC-5 ham use

[Todd, KA1KAQ]

On Sat, Jun 9, 2012 at 8:49 PM, Richard Brunner <brunneraa1p at comcast.net>wrote:

> Good point.  I was merely expressing my preference for CW.  AM phone is
> very good, but I dislike SSB because it's a nuisance to tune correctly,
> and many really sound terrible.
>

Tiring to listen to as well. Was big into DX for a number of years after
getting licensed, but between the pinched audio and me-me, contest-like
mentality, it got old fast. SSB is great for getting a signal long distance
with minimal effort, but not much for the rag chew approach. Technically
it's fone also, but definitely a reduced version.

Some of the best AM signals out there come from old BC-610s and T-368s.
They punch out a good CW signal too.

~ Todd/KAQ