And it was at the peak of the largest solar cycle on record. Pete, wa2cwa
On Wed, 24 Oct 2007 19:07:14 -0700 "Bob Macklin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > One of the primary thing that caused SSB to take over as the main > mode of phone operation was the hetrodyning caused by AM when the > bands were busy. And in 1957 and 58 the bands were very busy every > night! And at times they were very noisy. > > SSB solved 2 problems. A given QSO only took 1/2 the space and the > hetrodynes were eliminated. > > Unless the bands are very crowed, AM at 6KHz (KC/S) is really not a > problem. > > Bob Macklin > K5MYJ > Seattle, Wa, > "Real Radios Glow in the Dark" ______________________________________________________________ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:[email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
