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Broadcast Band

AD9P
Since I will be using my K3 while RVing, my wife raised a question.
Just what is needed to receive the commercial AM broadcast bands? We have to be able to listen to the Cardinal games this summer.
Thanks
Al
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Re: Broadcast Band

Ken Kopp
Hello Al,

Mine works well on the BC band ...

Remember, a KBPF3 general coverage filter
is needed for out-of-hamband coverage.

73! Ken Kopp - K0PP
K3 #56
K2 #5665
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RE: Broadcast Band

Brett Howard
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You need the general coverage bandpass filters and the 6kc filter wouldn't
hurt either.

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Since I will be using my K3 while RVing, my wife raised a question.
Just what is needed to receive the commercial AM broadcast bands? We have to
be able to listen to the Cardinal games this summer.
Thanks
Al
AD9p

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Re: Broadcast Band

M0XDF
You can actually receive G/B with just the 2.7kHz filter, but the 6kHz
(KFL3A-6K) helps, it's also required IF you want to transmit AM.


On 23/1/08 19:38, "Brett Howard" <[hidden email]> sent:

> You need the general coverage bandpass filters and the 6kc filter wouldn't
> hurt either.
>
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> Since I will be using my K3 while RVing, my wife raised a question.
> Just what is needed to receive the commercial AM broadcast bands? We have to
> be able to listen to the Cardinal games this summer.
> Thanks
> Al
> AD9p

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Re: Broadcast Band

Tom McCulloch
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There is nothing better than listening to far away AM stations with a first rate radio hooked up to a Ham antenna...show your wife a comparison to the reception through K3/RV antenna and then with a regular AM radio with its puny built in antenna.  If she's an avid baseball fan, you may never have to convince her that you "need" a new radio ever again...Hi.

Good luck RVing and to the Cards (Until they meet up with the Yankees in October, of course).
73
Tom

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> Since I will be using my K3 while RVing, my wife raised a question.
> Just what is needed to receive the commercial AM broadcast bands? We have to
> be able to listen tho the Cardinal games this summer.
> Thanks
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RE: Broadcast Band

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Re: Broadcast Band

AD9P
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Thanks for the info.  I have the 6khz filter on order, but was not sure if that was the total answer.
We have a XM radio, but the play by play is not done by Mike Shannon, and that is a big part of the tradition of Cardinal Baseball.  The Yankees, is that a Minor league Team ?  Oh wait a minute , maybe it is a American League team, same thing ???
Plus using the K3 to receive the games allows me to use the old I need a better antenna act.
Thanks
Al
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Tom McCulloch wrote
There is nothing better than listening to far away AM stations with a first rate radio hooked up to a Ham antenna...show your wife a comparison to the reception through K3/RV antenna and then with a regular AM radio with its puny built in antenna.  If she's an avid baseball fan, you may never have to convince her that you "need" a new radio ever again...Hi.

Good luck RVing and to the Cards (Until they meet up with the Yankees in October, of course).
73
Tom

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> be able to listen tho the Cardinal games this summer.
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Re: Broadcast Band

drewko
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On Wed, 23 Jan 2008 12:06:39 -0800, Ron AC7AC wrote:

>
>You won't often need the full 6 KHz bandwidth to listen to AM sigs in SSB
>mode unless you have a very critical 'ear'. Most conventional AM radios
>today, especially car radios, roll off the audio bandpass at about 3 kHz,
>just like the K3 using the 6 kHz roofing filter in AM mode. They do that to
>reduce noise on marginal signals. Consumers have expressed a strong
>preference for a narrower audio bandwidth and less noise on weak signals.
>
>Where the 6 KHz filter become critical is if you want to TRANSMIT in AM mode
>with the K3.
>
>Ron AC7AC
>

For AM MW/SW BC reception only, is there any reason to choose a 6 kHz
filter over the 12(?) kHz FM filter (available in Feb)?

73,
Drew
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