I'm with you. If I wanted to talk on CB I wouldn't have taken all the time to learn morse code in the first place. Well, either that or I would just get on the VHF/UHF bands... NO ROGER BEEPS.. PLEASE for the love of....
> To: [email protected] > From: [email protected] > Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 19:59:34 +0000 > Subject: [Elecraft] K3 1750Hz roger beep > > 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. > > 73's > Gary > VK4WT/P and NO roger beep or lid behaviour > Sent via BlackBerry® from Telstra > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Free, trusted and rich email service. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/171222984/direct/01/ ______________________________________________________________ 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
