AM radio on Wouxun KG-1000G

[WRPN639]

Func 53 on the KG-1000G set to On will allow radio to receive AM transmission while on Area A. I have that set but can’t figure out how to switch to AM. I can listen to FM though. Has anyone listened to AM? How do I set it up?

[MichaelLAX]

If it can receive AM, SSB reception is not far behind!

[FrostyFruits]

Auto am is only on certain frequencies. When you go to a channel and put am sw on it will receive am till you change the channel unless you set it in the programming software.

[Screech]

You can check if AM is supported on a channel/Freq by bringing up the menu and enter 0-5-4 on the keypad, if you see AM-SW option that channel/freq supports it. To quickly test you can press menu again and toggle it on/off as normal and press menu again to confirm selection. As @FrostyFruits points out, when you set this on the radio it will reset when you change channels, but when set in the programming software it is persistent to what was set there (now if you disable it on the radio, it will be set again when you leave the channel and return).

As for the Aut.AM 053 menu item, I don't know my radio never auto switched to AM, maybe the signals were not strong enough in my area to auto switch to AM. The local airports use AM, setting it in the programming software was the best option for me.