IMHO you are correct. As I understand it R and S were intended to report on
how well a signal was being received with T being an honest report of 'tone'
in the case of CW signals. I believe that the matter of signal reports began
to become 'confused' sometime before I first got on the air in
IMHO you are correct. As I understand it R and S were intended to report on
how well a signal was being received with T being an honest report of 'tone'
in the case of CW signals. I believe that the matter of signal reports began
to become 'confused' sometime before I first got on the air in 1946
In a recent message, Geoffrey Mackenzie-Kennedy
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote ...
each S unit should
represent a 6db change in signal level from S9 downwards. This 'standard'
had been used certainly in Regions 1 and 2 as far as I know by or before
1946, but most people gave reports based on how well a
David Pratt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
FWIW the external plug-in Eddystone S-meter (Cat.669/E)for the 640 has
printed on the scale 1 DIVISION = 4db, OTOH the internal S-meter on my
680X says 1R = 6db.
Interesting, the 640 manual I
In a message dated 6/7/07 7:22:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Communications using Morse code by keyed continuous waves in contrast to
communications using Morse code by keyed damped waves, which was the type
of
signal emitted by those old spark and arc
Jim:
Correct -- arc transmitters operated on the negative resistance
principle, as a portion of the E vs I curve for an arc has an area of
negative resistance. As such, the arc worked as an amplifier or
oscillator, thus yielding a continuous wave. (Same concept as a tunnel
diode, as a
Jim wrote:
...it is my understanding that arc transmitters (like
the Poulsen arc) generated continuous (undamped) waves.
Right you are. My mistake.
I don't have any transmitters of that era in my collection, though I do have
the remanants of a 100-year-old coherer receiver, and a complete
Do people really use a meter to give signal reports to people? I thought RST
was to be honest reportage.
Kevin. KD5ONS
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From: Thom LaCosta [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Jun 7, 2007 2:39 PM
To: Julian G4ILO [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: elecraft elecraft@mailman.qth.net
On Thu, 7 Jun 2007, Kevin Rock wrote:
Do people really use a meter to give signal reports to people? I thought RST
was to be honest reportage.
Well, all we need do is observe signal reports in contests and the quaint notion
of RST being an honest report is nullified.
I rememeber years
Kevin Rock wrote:
Do people really use a meter to give signal reports to people? I thought RST
was to be honest reportage.
Kevin. KD5ONS
It's context dependent, Kevin. If it's a DXpedition or a contest,
everyone is 5NN. If it's a QRP contest or QSO, everyone is 56N. If you
get a
We call it CW and mean communications using the International
Morse Code when CW means continuous waves.
Communications using Morse code by keyed continuous waves in contrast to
communications using Morse code by keyed damped waves, which was the type of
signal emitted by those old spark and
On Thursday 07 June 2007 17:44:31 Kevin Rock wrote:
Do people really use a meter to give signal reports to people?
I don't and never have done in my 28 years as a Radio Amateur.
My K2's bar meter is switched off.
Ian, G4ICV, AB2GR, K2 #4962
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On Jun 7, 2007, at 2:44 PM, Kevin Rock wrote:
Do people really use a meter to give signal reports to people? I
thought RST was to be honest reportage.
Only when the meter needle is stuck on 9. :^)
Maybe we should use meters calibrated for power density or field
strength, taking into
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