True ... the NCS is, by definition, the net frequency. One can zero
beat CW and AM to within a Hz or so and with today's radios, you will
even stay there. What's to "zero beat" in a SSB signal?
73,
Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
Sparks NV DM09dn
Washoe County
On 3/24/2021 8:04 AM, KENT TRIMBLE wrote:
Probably a good time to remind newcomers . . .
Calibration aside, stations checking into nets should always zero-beat
the Net Control Station regardless of where he is on the dial and
regardless of the net's published frequency.
Last week the NCS of the 75-meter Interstate Sideband Net parked
himself several kilohertz below the published frequency in order to
escape QRM. As the net control station that was his prerogative and
his responsibility. Most participants followed suit, but several
stations insisted on transmitting on the published frequency and then
complained that the NCS was off-frequency. In truth, the NCS is never
off-frequency. He IS the net frequency. Accurately zero-beating the
NCS is even more critical on CW nets where conditions often mandate
narrow filters.
73,
Kent K9ZTV
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