My first commercially made transmitter/receiver was crude. The Tx drifted so badly, that during my first novice qso, the other station said he chased me through three other qso's. I don't think 'three' was an exaggeration. I made a crystal calibrator to help me check the receiver's dial accuracy, and keep me within my allocation. I didn't know what the cw sounded like, but no pink tickets. We've come a long way.
Dick, n0ce On 1/20/2017 12:01 PM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote: > There was a time, decades ago, when we could identify specific CW stations > without waiting for call signs by the sound of their signal - bit of chirp > (or yoop), touch of hum and, of course, by their fist on the straight key or > bug. > > Today we can fit a few more signals into the same band with absolutely clean > rigs and keyers that make all signals sound the same - especially as more > stations shift to keyboard CW that even removes slight differences in > inter-character and inter-word spacing. > > Even so, it was nice tuning across the band and being able to say with > confidence, "That's Al in San Diego" or "Ernie in Detroit" or "Arnie in > Havana". > > Immediately we knew a lot about band conditions too without beacons and > other "modern" aids. > > 73, Ron AC7AC > > ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [email protected]
