Many recent band plans talk of 2700Hz wide SSB in the 29 to 29.1MHz slot. This is rubbish written by people who don't have a clue! Just take a listen between 29 and 29.1MHz next time the band is open and make up your own minds.
Write to your band plan scribes and ask them to actually USE 10m next time before putting pen to paper. I have written to the RSGB to express my displeasure with their latest 10m attempt: they blame the IARU. I see on the RSGB website they have made a half-hearted attempt to clarify 10m AM use - a very poor attempt in my view.
In a few years time the whole of 10m will be largely quiet again and we amateurs need to use it for local comms, Es, and the occasional N-S DX or risk losing it to CBers and taxis.
There are plenty of 10m projects on my main website.
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Lots of 29Mhz AM activity this weekend despite the CQ WPX
contest.
AM refuses to die, and boy does it sound good.
There's just something about it !
Must admit I've not made any AM qso's for sometime, but I did
manage to catch one on video that I made with the FT817 to
the USA with a measly 1.5w carrier plus a wire 6ft above ground level, as seen here:-
http://s1295.photobucket.com/user/g0ftd/media/g0ftdg4czuandk1iedon29mhzamoctober2012.mp4.html?sort=3&o=0
The rig, tuners and antenna can be seen here:-
https://sites.google.com/site/g0ftdradio/home/ft817-buddy-box
73 de Andy
Well done Andy.
Yes 10m AM makes a pleasant change from the usual SSB rat-race. It would be sad if 10m AM was pushed out, especially as there is room for ALL modes on 10m - the very best band we can access.
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