And at that time I had a S-38 and a BC-312. Neither was worth a damn on 75M at night. But I was able to use the S-38 for my Novice CW work on 40M at night. It was another 2 years before I got a decent receiver!
Bob Macklin K5MYJ Seattle, Wa, "Real Radios Glow in the Dark" ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Markavage" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 7:44 PM Subject: Re: [AMRadio] AM vs SSB! > 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. > ______________________________________________________________ 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.
