Strangely enough, I miss the wide open no filters receiver of my young SWL days. Probably listening in a 5kHz bandwidth with a homebrew Q Multiplier for selectivity. I somehow had a much better sense of band conditions, superseded now with internet propagation tools. Today with DSP, NR, NB, and brick wall filters it's perhaps all too clinical. On my K3 I sometimes open up the filters to really listen to what's going on around me.
Nostalgia? 73, Deni - F5VJC On 7 February 2016 at 20:51, Ron D'Eau Claire <r...@cobi.biz> wrote: > Me too. Actually, I miss small variations we used to see regularly on the > CW > bands - slight chirp on some sigs, variations in keying by people using > bugs > and hand keys, etc. Gone are the days one could tune across the bands and > recognize individual operators and their rigs after hearing just a few > characters. > > All we have left is a little noise to create a listening "environment". > > Listening to keyers and keyboards on rigs with pristine keying > characteristics is to me a lot like listening to a phone band filled with > identical computer-generated "voices". (Stand by, that will come, Hi!) > > 73, Ron AC7AC > > -----Original Message----- > From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of > F5vjc > Sent: Sunday, February 7, 2016 4:56 AM > To: Bill W4ZV > Cc: Elecraft Reflector > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] APF (audio peaking filter) on the K3/K3S/KX3 > > Well actually I prefer copying CW with a certain amount of noise present. > Pure tone, no noise CW, as from a practice oscillator or an S9++ signal > quickly becomes boring and I loose concentration(or something). > It's perhaps why I prefer to dig out weak signals (ESP) from the noise on > the band. > However I do really appreciate the tools available in the K3 to do this :) > APF works great if you really learn how to use it. > > Any one else? > > > 73, Deni - F5VJC > > > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
