Jeff, You don't have a 200 watt AM rig, you have a 40 or 50 watt AM rig, 200 w. PEP. But 40 or 50 w. should be enough to be heard unless the QRM and QRN are really bad. Also keep in mind a lot of guys like me live in high noise level QTHs. If you have a dipole up at least 50 feet on 75 m. you should be heard by someone.
73 Rob K5UJ On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 10:49 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Man - didn't mean to stir the pot THAT much. lol But thanks for the > replies. > > I run a Kenwood TS-480HX. (I can hear the groans from the boat anchor crowd) > haha > > The 480hx is a 200 watt radio with a 50 watt carrier on AM and shows 200 > watts pep on an external watt meter while modulating. > > My name is Jeff. I am in Clearwater Florida. The email has my old call. My > vanity is N0JEF. > > 73, > Jeff > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Robert Nickels <[email protected]> > To: Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service <[email protected]> > Sent: Wed, Feb 10, 2010 9:00 pm > Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Comment from N0JEF > > > On 2/10/2010 6:02 PM, [email protected] wrote: >> I have a 200 watt AM transciever > > What type of transceiver do you have? I'm assuming from the above that > you probably have a modern all-mode HF transceiver that includes AM > capability. The good news is, many of them can be made to sound > terrific. The bad news is, some are pretty fussy to get set up right, > and if the ratio of carrier to audio isn't correct, can really sound > awful - to the point that they are unintelligible to someone listening > on an AM receiver. So, just as a suggestion, I'd make sure that your > radio is set to produce good quality AM first. A local ham with AM > receive capability could help you out. The amount of RF power shown > on the meter is not as high as you might expect, but even a good > sounding 25 to 50 watt AM signal will get you plenty of contacts. > > 73, Bob W9RAN > > ______________________________________________________________ > Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net > AMRadio mailing list > Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html > List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio > Post: [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] with > the word unsubscribe in the message body. > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net > AMRadio mailing list > Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html > List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio > Post: [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] with > the word unsubscribe in the message body. > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Post: [email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] with the word unsubscribe in the message body. This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
