How many of us have had that thought in a pile-up with a modest antenna and 100 watts or less? I have adjusted a few rise times in the past. 73, Bill AK5X
On Mar 21, 2012, at 4:03 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. > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 Bill Hammond [email protected] Bill Hammond-AK5X [email protected] [email protected] K3 #69 P3 #817 KPA500 # 149 K2/100 #4637 K1 #2033 KX1 #1023 T1 ______________________________________________________________ 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
