I often "look" at the CW signal on the waterfall when I hear one close to me. My view is...if his signal is not exactly on the same part of the waterfall as mine, we are "OK". I can notch him out and he can do the same to me. A couple of hundred Hz separation should be all we need.
On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 6:14 AM, Toby Burnett <ruff...@hebrides.net> wrote: > > > Now Dave, > C'mon I have the narrow cw filter on my 706mk II > The on / off button is a challenge. Lol just messing with you now. No > offence. > > On a serious note though, even with my limited cw surely it is possible to > answer a QRL back in cw, providing you at least have 2 wires and a paper > clip to slap together if no key hi hi. (I do have some keys now, but I used > a paper clip on the desk for my 1st cw qso ) > Also isn't there something about sending your ID in SSB /CW anyway. > I also read this and thought, hey most digi mode software will send an cw > id and or you could use computer generated cw to check if the frequency is > in use. > > I am so desperate to get my cw receiving up to scratch so I can use it > freely, I wish we had still had to take the test back in 2004 to be honest. > Maybe we could sked a qrs contact some afternoon / evening. > > Toby MM0TOB > > *-------Original Message-------* > > *From:* Dave Ackrill <dave.g0...@tiscali.co.uk> > *Date:* 22/02/2010 11:00:08 > *To:* digitalradio@yahoogroups.com > *Subject:* Re: [digitalradio] Re: Considerate Operation: CW and JT65A > > > > Steve wrote: > > > The same is not true for CW ops if they have narrow filters. > > On all the rigs I've owned the filters are selectable. Are there any > radios that have only very narrow CW filters, or are the 'on/off' > buttons difficult to operate? ;-) > > Taking tongue out of cheek, as I do enjoy CW as well, saying that people > with digital modes can, and should, listen 1st and look at the > frequencies around them, the same should be true for CW operators. In my > opinion. > > Dave (G0DJA) > > > >
