y'all got to remember that when ten is open, 5 watts can work the world. I'm reminded of a time years ago when 4 of us here in shreveport were talking on ten meters and kept getting interrupted by others. We all turned our drive down as far as it would go. I had virtually no deflection from my wattmeter. Suddenly, a fellow in Tucson broke in and said "hey I can still hear you guys"
LOL 4 years ago when propogation was still decent, I worked 13 european countries on ten am with a barefoot ranger. you just don't need a great deal of power to make good contacts on ten meters Ronnie - W5SUM ---------- Original Message ----------- From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Discussion of AM Radio" <amradio@mailman.qth.net> Sent: Tue, 4 Apr 2006 13:48:12 -0400 Subject: Re: [AMRadio] 10 Meter AM Frequencies > I'm somewhat intrigued with converting a CB radio to 10 meters from > the pure technical perspective, but the typical 4 watts AM power > leaves a LOT to be desired. Am I missing something here? I have a > Radio Shack HTX-10 that does 7 watts AM but is more respectable on > FM and SSB at 25 watts. > > I have a Pace Sidetalk 1000B that I could use but it is a well featured > radio with built in SWR/power meter, clock/power off timer, noise > blanking, and of course SSB. The SSB is what would be attractive for > conversion but I hate to butcher a nice radio. On the other hand I > have an old JC Penney 23 channel radio or a Realistic TRC-430 40 > channel radio(not sure if this can be done with a 1 crystal/PLL > scheme) that I could use for AM and wouldn't mind diddling with but > again, to what end other than the fun of it which is ok in itself I guess? > > Tom K3TVC > > ______________________________________________________________ > AMRadio mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html > Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net > AMfone Website: http://www.amfone.net > AM List Admin: Brian Sherrod/w5ami, Paul Courson/wa3vjb ------- End of Original Message -------
