[Amps] 6M amp.

[Jim Brown]

On 10/22/2022 7:36 AM, Jim wrote:
> This is due to FT-8.
> 
> 
> In my opinion, it should be outlawed.

Yeah, we shudda stuck with spark! And we damn sure should never have 
abondoned AM.

The sad fact is noise levels on the bands have exploded by 10-20 dB over 
the past 15-20 years, thanks to switch-mode power supplies, 
power-control electronics like variable speed motor controllers, and 
solar power systems, combined with the de-nutting of the FCC in the name 
of "small government."

When I moved from Chicago to NorCal in 2006, I could work EU on 160M a 
few times a season. In the past 7 seasons, with a better TX antenna and 
the same RX antennas, I've HEARD six EU signals on 160, and two of them 
have heard me.

All of this is far bigger than ham radio. K1JT's suite of digital 
protocols have given us tools that allow us to work 10-16 dB deeper into 
that noise. During the solar minima that peaked a couple of years ago, I 
added 20 EU countries on Topband.

73, Jim K9YC