Dedicated to the Adventure in Pleasant Listening that is High Fidelity Amplitude Modulation on the Ham Bands!

W3AM is sadly condo-bound here in South Florida. Periodic guest operation with other pitying hams is my only refuge at the moment.

While I use SSB, NBFM and other low-fi modes all the time, I have a particularly warm fondness for the superior sound quality and relaxed and courteous operating style that is unique to AM (Angel Music).

The organic experience of using vintage equipment with those curious glass objects inside that get so darned hot and smell so, well, electronic, flows naturally into the ultimate tranquility and zen-like oneness with the ether you'll feel when operating AM. So come on, pour yourself a highball, fire up that old Viking, and become a vessel empty of yourself!

Check into the West Coast AM International Net on 3870 KHz, Wednesday nights at 9:00PM, Pacific Time. Don't have a boatanchor? No problem! Just put your rice box into the AM mode and join the nicest crowd on the ham bands! Your crusty but huggable host is Ken, K6CJA.

I have found that these metal plates were the source of most of the TVI in my old neighborhood. Removing them reduced interference complaints by >30dB...

If you are interested in AM, I urge you to join Amplitude Modulation International, AMI. This organization, headed by the gracious and legendary Dale Gagnon, KW1I, promotes the enjoyment and preservation of AM on the ham bands. For a mere $2 you will be issued an AMI number and a handsome certificate to hang on your shack wall next to that map of the world and Johnson Desk or BTA-50 Ampliphase pinup. Visitors will be agog. (Sorry, but the SSB decoder rings have been discontinued because of lack of interest...)

I am looking for a single-cabinet 1KW AM broadcast transmitter.
A Gates BC-1H, Collins 820-D2 or similar would be really swell.

Let me know what you've got! E-mail me NOW! Let's make a deal!

Here are the mods done to my Johnson Ranger for improved audio performance and variable output power.

My series of articles and circuits concerning audio processing for AM.

1927 GE Article on Tube ('Radiotron') Theory, Part I, (tnx to K5PRO)

1927 GE Article on Tube ('Radiotron') Theory, Part II, (tnx to K5PRO)

K5PRO - John Lyles' Gates BC-1H1 and Continental 314-R1 Transmitter Info

Radiomasters - (My Radio Engineering Consulting Service)

BoomerRadio.com - Free Internet Radio for Baby Boomers!

WIMP Radio - (My Live Streaming Internet Radio Station! E-mail me for login info.)

AMFONE.NET - W2INR's Outstanding AM Radio Web Page

Join The AM E-Mail Reflector!

KK7TV - Ham Radio Repair Extraordinaire

Class E Radio - WA1QIX High Tech AM! High Efficiency Class E (Start building yours today!)

The FCARC Vintage Radio Page

Jim Hawkins - WA2WHV Web Page (Beautiful Transmitter Pix...)

Contesting.com

Audio Processing Primer by Ogonowski/Orban - Learn the Basics & Be LOUD!

Pictures of AM Audio Chains from the Past!

Sherwood Engineering - (Receiver Mods, Synchronous Detectors and Parts)

Cardwell Condenser Co. - (Multronics, Hammarlund, National, Johnson and other parts)

Kintronic Labs - (The 'Real Thing' in High Power AM RF Stuff)

Surplus Sales of Nebraska - (Hard to find parts for Boatanchors and other things RF...)

Fair Radio Sales - Boatanchors, Surplus and Unusual Parts

RF Parts Company - (The name says it all...)

Surplus Military & Industrial - K3ECD's awesome surplus electronics resource!

Duncan's Amp Pages - Audio Vacuum Tube Data

NJ7P - Tube Database Search

AF4K Tube Resource Page - Tremendous collection of tube data links and info sources.

Mike Sandman Telecom of Chicago - (Really handy source of telephone parts, etc...)

Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society

EM Scientific MiniNEC Software - N6TYF

Penta Labs Vacuum Tubes

Burle Vacuum Tubes

Thales Components Corp. - (Formerly Thomson-CSF Vacuum Tubes)

CPI Vacuum Tubes & Klystrons

Econco (CPI/Eimac) - Vacuum Tube Remanufacturing

Freeland Products - Vacuum Tube Remanufacturing

Svetlana Vacuum Tubes - (International only)

Peter W. Dahl Co. - (Big Iron for Big Players)

Jensen Transformers - (The Best Audio Iron on Earth)

International Crystal Mfg. - (Got rocks in your head?)

W7FG Vintage Equipment Manuals

SAMS Photofact Online Database Search - (Schematics, etc. on old radios & consumer electronics)

WB6SIV Ray Sarrio - Equipment Manuals & Stuff

W8JI - A wealth of Technical Tips and Explanations from Tom Rauch

Harbach Electronics - W8CQ - (Heathkit Linear Amp Mods)

Rich Measures - AG6K - (Amp Mods)

Alpha Power Linear Amplifiers - (Put yer shoes on!)

Henry Radio - Linear Amplifiers

Ameritron Linear Amplifiers

Command Technologies - (Commander Linear Amplifiers)

PLC Tutor Site - (Learn How To Make The World Do Your Bidding!)

HAARP Home Page - (The Mother of all Cloud Warmers!)

Quarter Century Wireless Association

Ham Radio Online Magazine

AntenneX Online Magazine

QRZ Ham Callsign Database Search Online

WM7D Ham Callsign Search, Daily Vanity Call Releases

FCC AM Broadcast Station Database Lookup Online

FCC FM Broadcast Station Database Lookup Online

FCC Home Page

FCCInfo.com - CMD Consulting's Handy Broadcast Database Tools

S and S Engineering - DDS VFO's and other kits

Radioworks - Great Antenna Parts, Baluns & Stuff (I use 'em...)

Radio-ware - (Antenna Parts & Accessories)

QSL.net Home Page - Free Ham Radio Home Pages!

Norm's Rotor Service - (W3NRS makes your world go 'round...)

Radio World Magazine - (Radio Broadcasting & Used Equipment)

BuySellRadio Brokers - (Wanna buy a real radio station?...)

Dorrough Electronics - KO6NM

The AM Stereo Page - (Keeping the faith, baby...)

Radiodan W7RF - ("Henry amps for less"...)

Here are some links to sites of personal and different interest:

ReelRadio - Top-40 Radio Airchecks from the Past!

JAM Productions - Radio jingles we all know & love...

Junk Science Home Page - A lot of what you think you know is junk!

Point, Click, Go to MARS! - (Is this great or what?!)

Mystery Transmitters in the Desert!

WUVT Radio - (My old college radio station!)

The Thomas H. Twine WUVT Alumni Page

The Thomas H. Twine Home Page

The Angela Allen Home Page

In-N-Out Burgers! - (Once you've had a Double-Double, you'll never go back!...)

Puppets From Our Childhood Who Smoke & Drink!

W3AM Personal Photo Gallery #1

WLYF

WMXJ

WAXY

GaryBlau.com

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