It does not matter to me how people get on, a modern rig is the same as old military stuff, cheap old ham stuff, high quality homebrew, etc.
I think its a whole lot more fun and educational to build or run old stuff, gives more to talk about and so on, but there is no reason why someone should not use whatever they have, and everything they have. The FT102 craze is interesting, a very nice looking radio, and after its modified, seems to work just great on all modes. You can get in there and play with it, it (was) inexpensive to get one, and seems able to rival the best that can be bought or built on AM fidelity. If just talking is you game, why suffer with a balky ugly old boat anchor? (if talking is the big thing, I would think a cell phone would work better than radio though) I do wonder what two guys running FT1000 type radios would talk about though, the same type of stuff you hear on SSB? I think its great that people run anything from a globe scout to the most modern space age rig, spend as little as $100.00 for their entire station, or hundreds of thousands of dollars. The guy running the FT1000 talks with the guy running the ART-13. The guy running a screen modulated 6146 talks with the guy running the KW1. The guy with the solid state home brew transmitter talks with the guy running a very old broadcast transmitter. Isn't that what makes AM so interesting? What do you get on ssb, the kenwood guy talking with the yaesu guy. Brett N2DTS > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Eddy Swynar > Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 11:06 AM > To: [email protected]; R.J. Mattson > Subject: Re: [AMRadio] AM from a ricebox > > > Hi Bob... > > Please don't be so quick to "put down" that type of AM operation! > > Some 14 years ago, when I was just beginning to wonder why I > was so heavily > into DX'ing & contests, I stumbled upon an AM window > frequency...at the > time, the only way I could join the fun was just through the > "...rice-box-into-an-afterburner" technique. > > How lucky I was, indeed, that the guys I worked at the time were so > supportive & encouraging---sure, they strongly recommended > that I secure a > "...real" AM rig, and eventually I did just that---SEVERAL of > them, in fact! > > Still, were it not for those first diminutive baby steps, I > might NOT have > gone beyond the rut that I THOUGHT was Amateur Radio 'way back when... > > Now, if we all just KEEP on encouraging newbies to buy > vintage stuff, it > won't be long before a Ranger hits a cool grand in the pricing > department...and I'm NOT so sure that that'd be a good thing...! > > Anyway, my $0.02 worth... > > ~73!~ Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "RJ Mattson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 10:49 AM > Subject: Re: [AMRadio] AM from a ricebox > > > > I can't understand the fascination of hooking a rice box to > a linear amp > for > > AM? > > I find a qso with this setup boring. > > Give me an op with a DX-100 or equivalent and the conversation is > > interesting and exhilarating. > > 73, > > bob...w2ami > > http://www.qrz.com/callsign/w2ami > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > AMRadio mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio > > _______________________________________________ > AMRadio mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio
