That was a standard call protocol in the coastal marine service. Listen
to KSM on Sat afternoons [in NA] on 500, 4350.5, 6474.0, 8438.3, or
12993.0 KHz. Their wheel will run V V V V V V V V V DE KSM KSM
KSM [tfc list if any] QSX 500 4 6 8 12. They have a 16 MHz frequency
too, can't
I don't find anything Liddish about the 3x3 calling sequence when not
working a pileup, working a string of stations on a particular frequency or
contesting.
Indeed, what I find poor practice are those who try to answer my CQ with
only their call sent once. I can't tell if they are calling me, if
A off-reflector comment by a PSK operator reminded me that letters are
sometimes dropped in PSK and, if the operator isn't watching the waterfall,
it's easy to lose the K and not realize the transmission has ended. He's
seen PSE K become common on PSK as a way of adding redundancy to signal
the
A couple of further observations:
The TT R4020 is larger and heavier than the KX1. It is almost all surface
mount
components, with a lot of empty space inside the case. No mojo found
lurking. Using a 13.5v supply, it puts out a bit more power than my KX1, 7
watts on 40, 5 watts on 20 on my
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