[Boatanchors] A short Vent

[Rob Atkinson]

It's part of the plastification and slopbucketization of AM.  full
disclosure:  I operate a plastic radio and leenyar on AM for
transmitting, but I zero beat the other guy and ignore the display on
the plastic radio.  There's something anal about having to be on N.000
or N+5.000
This behavior doesn't seem to affect CW ops.  It comes from modern rigs and SSB.


73

Rob
K5UJ

On Sat, Dec 20, 2014 at 12:33 PM, rbethman <rbethman at comcast.net> wrote:
> List,
>
> These folks need to learn how to operate!
>
> All these new gee whiz bang rigs *DO* have RIT.
>
> They never seem to read the manual and learn:
>
> 1) Use all the functions.
> 2) press the RIT and use it.
> 3) Calibrate THEIR rig against WWV!
> [It is a single button to push.]
>
> 4) The "art" of Zero Beat doesn't exist any longer, except for us older
> operators!
>
> I now use a Kenwood TS-2000, and don't bother with issues of frequency.  It
> is more than capable to use the RIT and shift the receive a bit.
>
> Regards,
> Bob - N0DGN