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In the 1980's it seemed like almost every town or city had a local AM channel. In my area of Connecticut it was channel 21. It wasn't considered a skip talking frequency like 6, 11, 26, or 38 so there wasn't lots of power or competition. Skip would come in almost everyday and take the locals right out. It was almost always the same people coming in from around the gulf coast. It was so regular and dependable we would talk to the same people daily for several years until the sun spot cycle died down.

If you are new at talking skip and like it, the good news is you don't need lots of power to make the trip. Just a barefoot radio will talk skip when conditions are reasonable, you have a decent antenna, and you're not on a frequency with a big pileup and lots of people running big amps. SSB is your friend here. When you're power is limited and you want to talk skip, SSB cuts through much better then AM. The first 100 watts makes the biggest difference over the 4 watt radio. You have to go from 100 watts to 2.5 kilowatts to see the same increase again!

<blockquote data-quote="Shockwave" data-source="post: 213302" data-attributes="member: 10882">In the 1980&#039;s it seemed like almost every town or city had a local AM channel. In my area of Connecticut it was channel 21. It wasn&#039;t considered a skip talking frequency like 6, 11, 26, or 38 so there wasn&#039;t lots of power or competition. Skip would come in almost everyday and take the locals right out. It was almost always the same people coming in from around the gulf coast. It was so regular and dependable we would talk to the same people daily for several years until the sun spot cycle died down. If you are new at talking skip and like it, the good news is you don&#039;t need lots of power to make the trip. Just a barefoot radio will talk skip when conditions are reasonable, you have a decent antenna, and you&#039;re not on a frequency with a big pileup and lots of people running big amps. SSB is your friend here. When you&#039;re power is limited and you want to talk skip, SSB cuts through much better then AM. The first 100 watts makes the biggest difference over the 4 watt radio. You have to go from 100 watts to 2.5 kilowatts to see the same increase again!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Shockwave, post: 213302, member: 10882"] In the 1980's it seemed like almost every town or city had a local AM channel. In my area of Connecticut it was channel 21. It wasn't considered a skip talking frequency like 6, 11, 26, or 38 so there wasn't lots of power or competition. Skip would come in almost everyday and take the locals right out. It was almost always the same people coming in from around the gulf coast. It was so regular and dependable we would talk to the same people daily for several years until the sun spot cycle died down. If you are new at talking skip and like it, the good news is you don't need lots of power to make the trip. Just a barefoot radio will talk skip when conditions are reasonable, you have a decent antenna, and you're not on a frequency with a big pileup and lots of people running big amps. SSB is your friend here. When you're power is limited and you want to talk skip, SSB cuts through much better then AM. The first 100 watts makes the biggest difference over the 4 watt radio. You have to go from 100 watts to 2.5 kilowatts to see the same increase again! [/QUOTE]

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