[CW] FCC MM Rule Making 13-249 AM Broadcast

[KA4INM via CW]

On 01/05/2015 04:04 PM, D.J.J. Ring, Jr. via CW wrote:

> I was speaking on both modulated and keyed A2 modulated continuous
> wave.  I do not know if the keyed variety would blank the receiver.

> The modulated and not keyed carrier type was and is used for non
> directional beacons (NDB) heard from 300 to 400 kHz.

> A4941 was what you received for your Short Wave Listener (SWL) receiver
> tax, remember?  None of that over here.

> UK amateurs can use A2 on HF, Canadians cam, we cannot.

   The neatest thing that I have run across in a while is the way I can 
turn on cw in my FT-857D while in any other mode.  During a net two or 
three weeks ago the net control operator (on 50.2 MHz) couldn't make out 
what I was saying (over about 9 air miles) so I turned on the QSK 
function es I told him using cw, he also thought it was neat es he was 
surprised how easily he could copy me when the SSB (what ever that is) 
couldn't get through the city's noise.
   Legally it's still just CW.

   I was a kid trying to learn the code, while AM was king, before there 
was SSB (what ever that is) on the air, the heterodynes from AM 
operations were maddening for everyone, OMs would tune up for a SKED in 
what seemed to be a clear spot es when he transmitted, his chum had to 
tell him "it is no good, a 2 kc beat is burning a hole through my brain."
   It was plain awful once the band became active. (folks started 
getting home from work)  HAMs of today have no idea what an awful mess 
it was to have all of those carries all over the place.  FM es SSB (what 
ever that is) has successfully cured that bane of HAM-dom.

BTW:  When SSB took over, all HAM signals disappeared from my console 
am+SW radio es I had no idea why.

Also:  Every CW operator need a good desk mic on a stand, that's where 
you hang your cans when the copy is Q5.
-- 
   Ron  KA4INM - Youvan's corollary:
                 Every action results in unwanted side effects.