[BC] Join us on AM

[Chuck Lakaytis]

Ah yes, the joys of working 40 phone with my home brew pair of 250 TH's that 
I got out of an old surplus BC610. I caught a home brew antenna tuner on 
fire with that baby.  It did not impress my father.
That was when I was  original K0QXV back in 1959.

Built my first sideband rig when I was the MARS operator at Saran, France. 
There were lots of parts available at the transmitter site where I 
maintained some real high power stuff.

About twenty years ago I decided that I was not going to have a hobby that 
was also my occupation.


Chuck Lakaytis
Director of Engineering
Alaska Public Broadcasting, Inc.
135 Cordova Street
Anchorage, AK 99501
907 277 6300
907 277 6359 FAX
907 301 4339 Cell
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "VJB" <wa3vjb at yahoo.com>
To: <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2007 11:58 AM
Subject: [BC] Join us on AM


>>  Do you all remember the pre SSB days?  It was hard
> on >the ears to
>>tune between
>>all of the heterodynes.  It was awful.  Why revisit
> such >garbage.
> -- 
>> Ron  KA4INM
>
> Yes Ron, SSB's struggle for acceptance some 45-50
> years ago has long since been resolved. It is the
> mainstream mode for HF voice communications on the ham
> bands.
>
> There aren't that many people who remember when AM was
> the only mode of "phone," on HF, and still carry
> poison about the problems with congestion that you
> apparently witnessed first hand. What were you, maybe
> 20 years old at the time? It was before my time,
> regardless, so I trust your impression from the past.
>
> What you may not realize today, currently, is how the
> mode and activity of AM has taken its place as a
> well-regarded specialty in the hobby. It is viewed as
> a nostalgic pastime that stands on its own merits, not
> in comparison with the latest technology, nor feared
> as some sort of resurgent, dominant mode.
>
> Perhaps compare to the old car collector hobby, where
> people enjoy an excursion in vehicles that have a type
> of allure not found in the latest models.
>
> I don't encounter people who distain a classic car
> because it does not get good gas mileage, or that it
> pollutes, or that it doesn't have satellite radio.
>
> And I would be reluctant to take a negative tone as
> you have done against something a lot of people are
> enjoying.
>
> Please consider at least listening to get a sense of
> the contemporary presence of AM on the bands. I hope
> you may already have upgraded your license from
> Technician Class to also be able to join us on AM if
> you so choose.
>
> Paul/VJB
> ANnapolis
>
>
>
>
>
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