Brian Lloyd said, "But most people running AM today are using modern rigs."
Actually Brian, this is not the case, at least here in the northeast. One of the interesting things about AM is that you never know what the other guy may be running. There are lots of homebrew vacuum tube rigs, lots of restored vintage rigs, rescued commmercial broadcast transmitters, and brand new homebrew state of the art class E rigs running at 90% efficiency. That being said, lots of people press the "AM" mode button on their multi-mode rigs just to try it out. The general consensus is that the Flex transceivers are in a league of their own with the AM mode, and in my opinion, most other modes as well.
Your suggestion to run single sideband with a small amount of "pilot" carrier may have merit. Give it a shot! Remember, this is a hobby that encourages experimentation with every mode!
73, Rob W1AEX My Stable: Flex 5000A (Yah, it's my favorite for voice and digital modes) Homebrew 4-400C modulated by a pair of 833A's using push-pull heising Modified Johnson Viking One running 3 x 6146B finals with a pair of 811A's Johnson Viking II Johnson Challenger Heathkit DX-100 ICOM Pro III Yaesu FT-897D _______________________________________________ Flexedge mailing list [email protected] http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexedge_flex-radio.biz This is the FlexRadio Systems e-mail Reflector called FlexEdge. It is used for posting topics related to SDR software development and experimentalist who are using beta versions of the software.
