Re: [AMRadio] AM space

2004-12-22 Thread k0ng
Hi Steve: Yes, Rothman Modulation is a sort of "clamp tube" modulation where a tube is placed at the antenna output point and the RF is "clamped" to look like 100% modulation. As I recall, it mainly modulates downward to acheive modulation because there is no sideband power from the modulator to a

RE: [AMRadio] AM space

2004-12-22 Thread Donald Chester
There is already an AM group on approx 14.286. I haven't run 20m AM since the early 70's. It is OK for one-on-one contacts, but when roundtables develop, there is the problem of the erormous skip zone on 20. You can count on one or more members of the roundtable being inaudible, so you spen