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To: Jamestown1630
A have a tri-band HT that does 100khz to 1300mhz
FM,NFM,AM,SSB,CW

Have had it for years....takes an external ant to hear shortwave well..has internal for AM band.

There are better ones than this one now.

http://www.kenwood.com/usa/com/amateur/th-f6a/

My HF gear both transmits and receives 100khz to 30mhz.

I'm a 160mtr guy mostly...just above the AM band at 1800khz-2000khz Takes a BIG antenna though...great for close in work to about 1000mi and has no skip-zone:-)

160mtr antennas are just big sky-burners and the rf goes mostly straight up and back down...best at night. With a full KW out on SSB you have a signal comparable to a 20-50kw AM station in usable coverage.

Some nights you cover the entire CONUS with a good signal.

Even at high-noon you can work out to 500mi using CW.

I know of some guys using old signal-corp AM transmitters on 160...the same type as used in Nam as Armed Forces Radio stations....heavy mofos! takes a crew to move them.

A friend of mine used to have one installed in the spare bedroom of his mobile home!

292 posted on 09/10/2017 5:35:47 PM PDT by Bobalu (Don't give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses, yearning to be freeloaders.)
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To: Bobalu

Nice; and would be a considerable upgrade if we could find one - we’re absolute neophytes ;-) and bought a cheap little thing to learn on. But I’m impressed with how well it does; it’s already been useful during a snowstorm.

We’ve been impressed with the community as well.


310 posted on 09/10/2017 5:47:05 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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