Hello from NW Washington State

Since the 1960's while enjoying the hobby of SWL, it was the AM operators of the era who I received an informal education from. Through their daily ramblings, they were sharing the trials and tribulations of operating and maintaining their AM transmitters. As a youth, I was hooked. The pride of having a great sounding station along with frequency stability was a constant as they experimented with differing approaches. Today, many of these operators and transmitters have become silent leaving room for a newer generation to take the reins of the art.
I don't have the physical room for one of these heavy metal setups (YL Restrictions), but I still long for those friendships and QSO's of past. Today I engage with modern technology with the challenge of trying to recapture the sounds of years past in a low drive highly processed transceiver. While I have come close, there are no substitutes for high drive AM techniques.
You will hear my attempts on 10/40/75 meters using the following:
* Rig: Yaesu FTDX-101MP
* Microphone: Heil PR-40 (W/Ukrainian 10 band EQ leveraged for the noise gate)
* Ameritron AL-811H modded with 572b's
* Various antennas
On receive, the rig feeds a set of Bose speakers which help with reproducing the rich tones of yesteryear.
All the best from the Great Northwest...
Michael - KG7HQ