I stand in defence of Alexandr on this, it was something I asked for before the first production run - I'm still having treatment for the burns - so please, accept that not everyone feels this is not a good idea (just as I would defend you for asking for wide-band Tx in VK because your band plans are different). As long as this is configurable, I don't see where the problem is. If VK decide this is unacceptable in VK, then people wont use it there. However, it is acceptable over here in G land and is used quite a lot on V/UHF - there are two factions here, those that think it helps in poor conditions, and those that think it looses you a second during the over - not come across any that feel it makes it harder or distracting - I personally quite like the idea. 73 de M0XDF
-- The rung of a ladder was never meant to rest upon, but only to hold a man's foot long enough to enable him to put the other somewhat higher. -Thomas Henry Huxley, biologist and writer (1825-1995) On 6 Oct 2009, at 20:59, [email protected] wrote: > Hi, > > (Snip) > > 1) redesign this as for Roger-Beeb (at the end of transmit) for any > voice mode (FM, SSB) - maybe with some tone to choose (sometimes CW > "K" on higher wpm used also) > (End Snip) > > PLEASE do NOT do this. > > Many operators in VK hate this CBer type of operating. > > A lot of us refuse to acknowledge a TX with a roger beep of any > kind, even in a contest. > > Don't try and tell me it helps, it doesn't. It just adds to the noise. > > A group of us have written to the regulator in Australia and have > asked for a ruling to make it illegal to TX a roger beep tone and we > have received word from them that a ruling is being considered. > > If successful, we will petition the FCC to do likewise. > > Working weak signals, the roger beeps are distracting and not helpful. > > As for our friends in the EU who contest, you do not need a roger > beep, but you could work on cleaning up your audio as some of the > worst audio I have heard on the bands lately is coming from badly > set up audio out of some stations in the EU in the contest. > > BTW, 10/15M was rocking into VK this last weekend. ______________________________________________________________ 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
