"Netgeek" wrote in message
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"xpyttl" wrote in message

I suspect there's just not much interest in VHF AM. At least the HF
AMers
have a world to find contacts in. Contacts on VHF are pretty much
local,
and the probablility of finding a fellow AMer on VHF locally are
vanishingly
small.

snip

I can certainly see your point and I agree completely - insofar as it
applies to general applications. My interest is in the aviation bands
where
AM is very much alive and well (and required). There's probably about
zip-nada-squat of interest happening in amateur VHF-AM for the reasons
you mention. But there was certainly some interesting traffic on the
airband frequencies here in Washington the other day when that nitwit in
the Cessna came breezing in....!!! 8-)

Bill


Got bad news for you... A homebrew an aviation band transmitter is illegal.
And also you have to be a pilot or air traffic controller to operate an
aviation band transmitter - such transmitter must also pass specified
standards to be legal for use.

A reciever is a different matter of course.
There are quite a few manufacturers that make aviation band reciever kits.

73
Roger ZR3RC