There is hardly a station closer to Jack on 160m than me. ( a couple VE1's/VY2's maybe) and yes, I'll be one of the first to admit his keying is indeed a bit "hard", but I wouldn't say he's especially wide. He's about 60/9 here, but I have never thought he was QRMing me by his keying. (if anything, just brute signal strength probably more than anything)
I've heard much worse coming out of other parts of Eastern NA with stations that are much weaker and take out "segments" of the band with horrendous key clicks or problems with their amplifiers. VE9AA Mike, Coreen & Corey Smith 699 Rte 616 Keswick Ridge NB Canada E6L 1T1 ----- Original Message ----- From: Eddy Swynar To: Roger D Johnson Cc: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2012 9:07 AM Subject: Re: Topband: Ticked over intentional interference on top band On 2012-01-21, at 6:32 AM, Roger D Johnson wrote: > Unfortunately, VE1ZZ has a terrible signal with key clicks out to over1kHz > from his carrier frequency. Perhaps the other chap had a signal he was > trying to copy wiped out by ZZ and decided to get even. Hi Roger, Sez who...? Jack's keying may well be a tad on the hard side, but his signal HARDLY emits "...key clicks out to over 1 KHz from his carrier frequency", IMHO...and I've copied him at some 30 db.+ over S-9 here, too, so if he was, indeed, "clicky", I think I'd know... There seems to be a clique of anal "Kilocycle Klix Kops" on 160-meters that is obsessed with key clicks, & is quick to condemn---much too quick to condemn, IMHO---guys like Jack. Far be it for me to suggest that you're a part of that "elite" group, Roger, but I know from personal experience that "...perception is reality", and if so-called tribal knowledge on the band has it that Jack is guilty, then he's been effectively branded as such for life. It's not fair, & it's not becoming of anyone who aspires to be one in a league of gentlemen to criticize one's fellows in a medium to which said fellow may not be a party of, and thus unable to defend himself...I know: I've been there myself personally, and I did NOT like it. ~73~ de Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.454 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/4154 - Release Date: 01/19/12 19:34:00 _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK
