Since Don mentioned the AM Forum, I would encourage those that have not
visited lately to come take a look. The forum now has over 800 members;
is more feature rich (you can post pictures, files from your PC, colors,
fonts, animation, etc.) and lots of great info gets posted. Simple to
join and ton
SSB was devleoped by AT&T in the 20's for use on the Trans Atlantic cable.
No, it was used on longwave. The early transatlantic cable had so much
capacitance that it could only be used for telegraphy, and at extremely slow
speed. I don't think transatlantic voice cables were developed un
H - I thought SSB was developed by the telephone
companies or the military back in the 1930s, rather than by
AM ham ops.
Maybe I was given wrong information.
Actually it was before 1920, for transatlantic communication on longwave.
To get any kind of efficency at all out of the antenn
Having only been active on AM mode for just two short years, I consider
myself to still be a newbie, still not understanding the zeal and
fervor by some in the amateur community to eliminate or totally outlaw
the use of AM mode transmissions in the MF/HF amateur bands in the USA.
Could someone
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On 18 Sep 2005 at 22:22, Geoff wrote:
and BJ/WB5PKD (and his
pretty wife Evelyn).
"I think I need another, just for self-defence"
73 = Best Regards,
-Geoff/W5OMR
WIFE???
Oh, good lord, no...
Although, I'm not sure who's got more Ex's... K5SWK, or WA5BXO
On 18 Sep 2005 at 22:22, Geoff wrote:
> and BJ/WB5PKD (and his
> pretty wife Evelyn).
> "I think I need another, just for self-defence"
> 73 = Best Regards,
> -Geoff/W5OMR
WIFE???
John Coleman ARS WA5BXO wrote:
I am very fortunate to have the support of my wife in these ham
radio things. She used to like to travel with me to meet the other
people but now days all we have time for is rearing kids and doing scout
activities. That's not a bad thing, but we do look forward
Yes Charlie,
Yep. Shields up!
I was one of those geeky guys who rode a bicycle and had to put up with
all the garbage from the jocks in cars with all the remarks.
In time, I learned to overcome the problems caused by this bunch.
(Gaining a 5th degree black belt in Judo and being able to bench
A5BXO
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Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2005 8:54 PM
To: Discussion of AM Radio
Subject: Re: [AMRadio] The zeal to eliminate AM mode on the amateur
bands.
Brian comments:
"H - I thought SSB was develo
aveling to meet others in
> the
> future.
>
> John, WA5BXO
>
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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave Harmon
> Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2005 7:08 PM
> To: 'Discussion of AM Radio'
> Subject: RE: [
Depends on who's making the statement. If you read this on the QRZ or
similar type forum, I would ignore it. And, if I remember correctly, the
person you quoted is generally clueless and normally an antagonist. All
the major manufacturers now include the AM mode in their rigs. Even the
ARRL WAS awa
Brian comments:
"H - I thought SSB was developed by the telephone companies or the
military back in the 1930s, rather than by
AM ham ops.
Maybe I was given wrong information."
SSB was devleoped by AT&T in the 20's for use on the Trans Atlantic cable.
Bob Macklin
K5MYJ
Seattle, Wa.
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Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2005 7:32 PM
To: Discussion of AM Radio
Subject: RE: [AMRadio] The zeal to eliminate AM mode on the amateur
bands.
H - I thought SSB was developed by the telephone
companies or the military back in the 1930s, rather than by
Western Electric developed it for use on phone lines in 1915. It was not
used very much until 1947 on the ham bands until W6QYT and the group at
Stanford began using it on 75m. There was mention of ham use of SSB in 1933,
but it took W6QYT to spearhead the thing. Of course, Collins pushing the use
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Subject: RE: [AMRadio] The zeal to eliminate AM mode on the amateur
bands.
Yes, it's true to some extent, for some it may be a hobby as you
described but for a lot of us it is some thing that we look forward to
spending a lot of ti
iscussion of AM Radio'
Subject: RE: [AMRadio] The zeal to eliminate AM mode on the amateur
bands.
As bad as any of the mentioned groups are on AM ...and in fact amateur
radio in general is the increasing difficulty of putting up a HF
antenna.
ANY HF antenna.
I am going through a lot of trouble to
On 18 Sep 2005 at 19:08, Dave Harmon wrote:
> .a hobby is something you do if you are totally bored
> and have absolutely nothing else to do.
For a lot of us the hobby is a way of finding relaxation in a stressed
out busy world.
We retreat to the comfort of the shack for a warm conversation,
or
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> Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2005 5:39 PM
> To: Discussion of AM Radio
> Subject: Re: [AMRadio] The zeal to eliminate AM mode on the amateur
> bands.
>
> It's because a lot of people in authority are
> control freak
Dave Harmon said:
"One more thing.a hobby is something you do if you are totally bored and
have absolutely nothing else to do."
I couldn't disagree more. I think a hobby is so much fun that you would
rather do the hobby than work or do other things. I'm glad I'm retired so I
can have m
Mark: Yet another opinion... Some of these AM haters are very much like the
big car drivers in high school who would haul around a gaggle of guys
who would laugh at a practical good mileage car and make fun of the operator.
Same mentalitydumb and dummmber. (no.. I couldnt afford a car).
Also,
hn Coleman ARS
WA5BXO
Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2005 6:22 PM
To: 'Discussion of AM Radio'
Subject: RE: [AMRadio] The zeal to eliminate AM mode on the amateur
bands.
Yes, AMers are mavericks but I feel that the ones that did not
go to SSB (100%) back in the 60s and 70s, are the o
Good one Dave ! I like some of the wideband sound but without a compandor or a
carrier, it just aint the same nor will it ever be AM. AM is AM.
73 DE Charlie, K0NG.
Quoting Dave Harmon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Probably because they want more spectrum to run their wideband SSB rigs
> that they thin
Discussion of AM Radio
Subject: Re: [AMRadio] The zeal to eliminate AM mode on the amateur
bands.
It's because a lot of people in authority are
control freaks. Control was the reason they went
after authority in the first place, and they
consider it to be the proper reward for their
work.
AMers ha
Bob
>From: "Bob Bruhns" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: "Discussion of AM Radio" <
I like your comment about SWL'ers. I remember well listining to the AM'ers
on the high end of 75 stiring my inquisitive nature and interest to "wanting
to do that".
I know that old Philco didn't have a BFO, so I would hav
It's because a lot of people in authority are
control freaks. Control was the reason they went
after authority in the first place, and they
consider it to be the proper reward for their
work.
AMers have long been mavericks, often behaving a
bit wildly and holding unusual opinions, and above
all b
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SSB is a orm of amplitude modulation.
I think a large threat comes both from SSB and from
the DIGITAL ops running certain modes.
The majority of the digital ops are a good bunch and
they respect the phone and AM mode phone ops.
However, some of the proponents of PACK
SSB is a orm of amplitude modulation.
I think a large threat comes both from SSB and from
the DIGITAL ops running certain modes.
The majority of the digital ops are a good bunch and
they respect the phone and AM mode phone ops.
However, some of the proponents of PACKET on HF
are very well conne
Probably because they want more spectrum to run their wideband SSB rigs
that they think sounds as good as AM.
Regards
Dave Harmon
NSRCA 586
K6XYZ[at]valornet[dot]com
Broken Arrow, Ok.
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[KB4CV
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