Wednesday, January 17, 2024

Listen to this great contact with KA1BWO on 10 meter AM -- 1800 miles with 4 watts AM


Joe KA1BWO is a well-known AM operator who moved West to Idaho several years ago. We had a very nice contact on 10 meter AM on January 14, 2024.  See the video above. 

I was using an old CB rig that I had converted to legitimacy on 10 meters using the mod developed by Jerry K5JC:  


I was running 4 watts on AM to a Hex beam. The signal path was over 1800 miles from Virginia to Idaho.
at

2 comments:

  1. AnonymousJanuary 17, 2024 at 1:33 PM

    Bill, “That’s Awesome”!
    Thinking about you and thought I would check your blog. What a nice QSO with Joe in Idaho. You encouraged me to check the 10 meter AM frequencies. I think Jo said 29.0 MHz calling and 29.005 QSO. 73, Bob K3NT Plano, TX

    ReplyDelete
  2. Bill MearaJanuary 17, 2024 at 1:53 PM

    Thanks Bob. I think 29.0 is the calling freq. With the mod, my rig was on 29.005. I think that was what Joe was talking about. AM QSOs are often right on 29.0 but can be heard all the way up to 29.1 and beyond. 73 Bill

    ReplyDelete