I made my first AM contact on 3.885 W8GPA, W0VMC, K9GAS. What an awesome bunch of guys. I hope this doesn't lead to an expensive addiction to old AM rigs.... I there a 12 step program for that?
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I made my first AM contact on 3.885 W8GPA, W0VMC, K9GAS. What an awesome bunch of guys. I hope this doesn't lead to an expensive addiction to old AM rigs.... I there a 12 step program for that?
Now all you need is one of those monster, class-A, multi-kilowatt amps that occupy the space of a few filing cabinets and can double as a shack space heater. Oh yeah, it has got to have lots of meters and big knobs. Call the electric company and place an order for three-phase, 208 VAC to the shack!
K9GAS, yup, blame it on the dog. (;->) You have found the hideout of the AM Gangstas, a great bunch of guys who have an island all their own. http://www.amfone.net/Amforum/index.php Class A is wasteful big time, if you can't build a Class E solid state rig go with a big tube with handles modulated by two more. Eh, 230V single phase at about 40A should handle it. Now take a close look at who is in that picture on the wall, you'll recognize him on the air because he speaks a language all his own.
Find a deserted broadcast AM tower and load that baby on 160.
They mention Don, W4KYV in there but I can't find him in the FCC website. What happened to him?
There's a reference to a Floyd A. Berry W4KYV circa 1960 on the Buckmaster site.Quote:
Originally Posted by X-Rated
Floyd A. Berry, W4KYV:1960
800 E.eighth Av
Johnson City, TN
But nothing on the AE7Q site, which has a lot of old (pre-ULS) data on it.
Best guess is that he's a long SK who is being remembered.
Perhaps you're thinking of K4KYV?Quote:
Originally Posted by X-Rated
Still alive and kicking on QRZ, I believe.
Don's call is K4KYV. He was the first guy I talked to using AM on 80 M. I was using an Icom 718 driving an AL-80A. Don told me the audio sounded great and for a solid state rig it sounded just fine on AM.Quote:
Originally Posted by X-Rated
He is quite the character. His shack is really a shack out back! He told me all about his home brewed equipment and some modified broadcast gear he uses. Great guy to chat with.
http://amfone.net/Gallery2/v/stations/k4kyv/
I sat here one afternoon listening to some guys on 7.290 AM and it made me want to go find an old tube transmitter and receiver!
Ah, a 60' grounded folded unipole will outperform a broadcast tower unless it's a half wave on 160.