What makes me most angry?
Is radio manufacturers that include steep filters and even attenuators
in their radios to block AM Broadcast band signals. Then advertise that
their radio covers from 50 KC to 60 Mhz!
Sorry NO IT DOES NOT!!!
Yes make the filters and or attenuators but make them so WE can choose
when to have them on or not!
Make them switchable! There is no reason why this can not be done!
Some people do not live near a station they have to worry about. And
like to do AM Band DXing!
It is extremely sad when a ten buck radio with it's internal ferrite bar
antenna performs better than my $4000.00 dollar radio using a 600 foot
loop up 60 feet antenna!
LET US decide if we need the filtering or not!
Joe WB9SBD
Sig
The Original Rolling Ball Clock
Idle Tyme
Idle-Tyme.com
http://www.idle-tyme.com
On 4/17/2020 6:16 AM, Rob Atkinson wrote:
Most AM plants have been where they are for decades. I remember being
at the local 670 site several years ago. That tx site has been there
since the 1930s. This is a ~800 foot tower, now with two signals on
it, 670 and 780, each 50 KW which means the total peak power on
positive modulation is roughly 400 KW. I recall seeing a little 60
foot ham tower about a block away with a 3 el. beam on it, and
wondering how any ham could be dumb enough to buy a house in the
shadow of a major market ND class A-1 station. I would not even
consider buying a house near a 1 KW daytimer. I'm about 10 miles
from the 670 site and that's bad enough. Being a quarter mile from it
would be a nightmare.
73
Rob
K5UJ
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