Recent 17 Meter AM activity
Pete, WA2CWA:
Quote from: kb3ouk on January 27, 2014, 02:49:49 PM
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Quote from: Pete, WA2CWA on January 27, 2014, 01:31:49 PM
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With only 58 KHz of phone space for the entire band, it doesn't sound like a great place to make new amateur friends with some wide band AM carriers. I don't even hear any of the ESSB operators diddling on that band. And, of course, there is no contesting allowed on 17 meters either.
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All the more reason to start some AM activity on 17 meters, to escape the contest activity on the other bands. And as far as bandwidth is concerned, don't run 6 khz or more of audio and you won't take up the entire band, 300 hz to 3000 hz audio bandwidth will work wonders, especially when running low power.
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If using that criteria, why not just run SSB and get a 6db S/N improvement. I don't see any real "wow" to AM on 17 meters. But hey, whatever tickles your brain cells.
WD5JKO:
Had a nice AM contact today at 6 pm CST on 18,155. I worked N4BFR in Georgia. He was on a K3, and I was using my Flex 3000. Nice conditions, no QRM, and with 25 watts each station, and wire antennas, we had S7 to S9 signals both ways.
Nice Band.
Wd5JKO