I guess my tongue-in-cheek humor was missed. Sorry! My point is that to
expect companies to still produce AM rigs is a bit strange. While AM has
some nice nostalgic qualities, it's certainly not state of the art or
something that "demand" would say is necessary to sell a radio or make it
popular today. That's why I mentioned using readily available and
inexpensive "classic" gear if one is interested in this mode. While I have
gear that can do AM, I don't bother with it because, as a personal choice,
I'm not really interested in it. My "rusted" mode switch comment was a
twist on a comment a few of us used to make about a fellow ham who (20
years ago) had a spotless Collins S-line station which, we swore, had the
mode switch rusted into the AM position, and the VFO rusted into one
frequency. Hi, hi!
I'm well aware of Electric Radio - just finished a year subscription. That
said, it's good you enlightened others on the list about ER and some of the
equipment that's on the air today.
73, Duane AC5AA
Duane A. Calvin
Server Systems Test Engineer
Dept. 76TS RS/6000 - SP Nodes
IBM Austin, TX >O< Tie: 793-3368
"Sherrill WATKINS" <SEWATKINS@dgs.state.va.us> on 12/06/99 10:11:36 AM
To: tentec@contesting.com, Duane Calvin/Austin/IBM@IBMUS
cc:
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Pegasus AM
Duane: Where have you been? There are many people restoring, collecting
and operating antique rigs. There are so many that there is a monthly
magazine devoted solely to this purpose. Its name is ELECTRIC RADIO. It
makes for outstanding reading. It somewhat reminds me of QST back in the
'30s and '40s, when it used to be fun to read. I also own Drake, Johnson,
National, Hammarlund, Howard, Curtis and other equipment in addition to
TenTec. It is best to apply a small amount of Lubriplate to the switch
contacts to keep oxidation of the contacts from forming. -Sherrill W.
K4OWN.
>>> <dacalvin@us.ibm.com> 12/06 9:45 AM >>>
I guess I'm missing something - for running antique modes, why not run
antique rigs? While it's not plate modulation, I've got AM capability with
an old Drake 4-Line. Of course, I never use it on that mode. Maybe I
should rotate the mode control through AM on the T-4X just to wipe the
rust off the switch - hi!
73, Duane AC5AA
Duane A. Calvin
Server Systems Test Engineer
Dept. 76TS RS/6000 - SP Nodes
IBM Austin, TX >O< Tie: 793-3368
phil <phil@invest.fsbusiness.co.uk> on 12/05/99 03:33:04 AM
To: tentec@contesting.com
cc:
Subject: [TenTec] Pegasus AM
Thanks to everyone who responded to my post.
I was getting all worked up about the Pegusus and seriously considering
one for my next QRO mobile project but,
I like a challenge, that means not only 160m operation but AM as well.
Sorry Ten Tec, not this time around, though your Hercules amp is a great
driver:-)
Phil G4ZOW
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