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?
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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Steve KA9MOT
Macomb, IL
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.
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73 de Warren KB2VXA
Station powered by atomic energy, operator powered by natural gas.
Find a deserted broadcast AM tower and load that baby on 160.
Last edited by X-Rated; 02-03-2013 at 10:51 AM.
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.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.
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Perhaps you're thinking of K4KYV?
Still alive and kicking on QRZ, I believe.
"Everyone wants to be an AM Gangsta until it's time to start doing AM Gangsta shit."
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.
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!
Last edited by VE3FMC; 02-03-2013 at 12:07 PM.
Ah, a 60' grounded folded unipole will outperform a broadcast tower unless it's a half wave on 160.
"The universe is under no obligation to make sense to you."
Neil deGrasse Tyson
73 de Warren KB2VXA
Station powered by atomic energy, operator powered by natural gas.
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