Although I have not used AM recently, partly as a result of my poor voice,
I can see the attraction of the mode. It lends itself to home brewing and
in the past I have designed and made several AM rigs. At one time they were practically giving away ex PMR AM rigs.
The Fredbox and Sixbox are examples of AM rigs I have designed and made in
the past.
Southgate News has announced the formation of an AM Amateur Radio Society.
See http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2021/april/announcing-the-formation-of-the-amplitude-modulation-amateur-radio-society.htm#.YIgZpGjYrrd .
My thanks to Steve G1KQH for pointing this out.
My 10FT8R RX (homemade) for 10m FT8 RX was turned on at 0739z with the
indoor loop. Later today I hope to create a schematic for this 4 transistor
RX, which works well.
UPDATE 1540z: No spots.
UPDATE 1700z: Just 1 spot so far - G4NBS (22km). I notice David G0LRD has spotted 67 stations today on 10m FT8.
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