I am a Ham Radio Hobbyist | INDIE ALASKA

Dennis Stevens, along with other KL7AA volunteers, work together to ensure #HamRadio communication for the #Anchorage area stays operational. So if digital comms break down due to an emergency, local residents could have another #communications hub, the Anchorage Amateur Radio Club.

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[HamRadioCrashCourse]

Great video! High production value too!

[mgolden]

Great video. N0ZOJ in Kansas City, Missouri.

[indridcold]

I have a vintage Johnson control 10 meter AM transciever. However, looking up the 10 meter amateur band, the AM segment of 10 meters is super small and is out of the privileges of the entry level license. You have to get a mid level or high level license to use 10 meter AM. But someone with a mid level or high level amateur radio license would have no interest in the AM micro segment of 10 meters. Thus, the old transceiver is worthless. Needless to say, I hear absolutely nothing on it attaching it to a long antenna, not even on the proper AM segment of 10 meters. I was told if I get the entry level license and call out on the AM transceiver, I would likely get no answer because of the band plan. Although it is not illegal to transmit AM on the rest of the band, I was told that nobody would be listening on AM anyway because of the band plan. Thus, I could legally be sending an AM signal that nobody will likely ever answer. It appears the old transceiver is wothtless. Interesting that the transceiver works on 28 to 30 megacycles yet only a micro segment of the band is available to it for standardised use. Worse, for entry level operators it is only able to be used to 28.5 megacycles. Something seems very wrong here. Even stranger, from 29.7 to 30 megacycles it is not ten meters at all. I wonder if this transceiver maybe was not for amateur radio use originally. The inside is a beautiful array of silver traces and large crystals.