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I've heard the kenwood ts480hx doesn't sound bad on AM. And also what is your definition of BAD?? Like I said, if the mic gain, compression, and power are set right, you can make an HF radio sound fine on AM. Or at least the ones I've heard have. Like I said before user error causes a lot of issue. But like Atlasta states they were realy built for SSB use majority of the time. As you will find that on most bands either LSB, or USB are the preferred modes of operation. 11 meters is obviously a bit different as its main mode of operation is AM, having 35 more dedicated or most used channels on AM and 5 channels for SSB. One being channel 16 which is an old SSB channel and doesn't get used much by very many from what I have experienced. Like said, don't expect to light the world on fire with one. They just aren't designed for that, AM mode that is.

<blockquote data-quote="222DBFL" data-source="post: 536565" data-attributes="member: 36544"><p>I&#039;ve heard the kenwood ts480hx doesn&#039;t sound bad on AM.&nbsp; And also what is your definition of BAD??&nbsp; Like I said, if the mic gain, compression, and power are set right, you can make an HF radio sound fine on AM.&nbsp; Or at least the ones I&#039;ve heard have.&nbsp; Like I said before user error causes a lot of issue.&nbsp; But like Atlasta states they were realy built for SSB use majority of the time.&nbsp; As you will find that on most bands either LSB, or USB are the preferred modes of operation.&nbsp; 11 meters is obviously a bit different as its main mode of operation is AM, having 35 more dedicated or most used channels on AM and 5 channels for SSB.&nbsp; One being channel 16 which is an old SSB channel and doesn&#039;t get used much by very many from what I have experienced. Like said, don&#039;t expect to light the world on fire with one.&nbsp; They just aren&#039;t designed for that, AM mode that is.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="222DBFL, post: 536565, member: 36544"] I've heard the kenwood ts480hx doesn't sound bad on AM. And also what is your definition of BAD?? Like I said, if the mic gain, compression, and power are set right, you can make an HF radio sound fine on AM. Or at least the ones I've heard have. Like I said before user error causes a lot of issue. But like Atlasta states they were realy built for SSB use majority of the time. As you will find that on most bands either LSB, or USB are the preferred modes of operation. 11 meters is obviously a bit different as its main mode of operation is AM, having 35 more dedicated or most used channels on AM and 5 channels for SSB. One being channel 16 which is an old SSB channel and doesn't get used much by very many from what I have experienced. Like said, don't expect to light the world on fire with one. They just aren't designed for that, AM mode that is. [/QUOTE]

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