Has anyone else noticed that the cw elements produced by the K3 are distinctive? They are sharp and distinct, without any mushiness. The signal has presence, and yet not a trace of clickiness, on or off frequency. There is the highest degree of purity of tone, as well.
OK, back to my day job as a wine taster. On 3/21/2012 2:03 PM, Andrew Siegel wrote: > I also miss the days when CW signals were distinctive. Nowadays, I > actually seek out QSOs with hams with chirpy or hummy CW notes, since > it often means unusual DX, or someone with a good story to tell. It > would be interesting if we had the option in modern rigs to "dirty up" > our transmitted CW note. > > 73, > Andy, N2CN > > On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 3:59 PM, Ron D'Eau Claire<[email protected]> wrote: >> We can cram a lot more signals into the bands these days. Putting more >> signals in less spectrum has been a challenge for Hams since the 1920's. But >> us OT's are often a bit nostalgic for CW bands where one could recognize a >> station by the sound of his (or her) signal and "fist". Back then a CW band >> sounded like a room full of people, each with a distinctive voice that could >> be picked out easily even without listening to the words. Nowadays the same >> CW bands sound like a room full of computer-generated voices, all identical >> except for the words. And, with the digital modes, there aren't even any >> words to hear. The world moves on. Our challenge is to move on with it and >> keep looking over the horizon ahead. -- Vic, K2VCO Fresno CA http://www.qsl.net/k2vco/ ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
