[Dx-qsl] C6AGU

[Ron Notarius W3WN]

Alan, it appears that you took my little attempt at humor personally.  

The only thing I was trying to say was that I copied the code in my head.  I do not speak for how anyone else, yourself included, did so.

So the code wasn't sent perfectly.  Big deal.  It will be a sad day when minor discrepancies are automated out of existance.  All ready it is becoming rarer to hear high(er) speed code sent with a bug, or with a straight key (and my hat's off to those who can do it, with my glass wrist, I can't).  Not impossible, but not anything like what it used to be.

So if it was a keyer hiccup, or programming hiccup, no big deal.  If it was a deliberate attempt at a little color, so to speak, more power to him.  I don't think it was any more mysterious than that.

And if the man sent 2TT for 200 watts, pending evidence to the contrary, I believe him.  But the lack of trust that too many contesters are having in each other is a different topic for a different time, and for a different reflector.  Regardless, the highest power level I copied from any C6 station over the weekend was 250.  Most were either 100 or 200. 

In any event, this is starting to drift out of the realm of the DX QSL reflector.  So I will refrain from further commentary here on the subject out of respect for the wishes of the reflector owners, moderators, and users.

73

Feb 22, 2011 03:41:33 PM, k7acz at cox.net wrote:

Well, Ron, my grey cells detected a space between the first and second dits of the number 2, making it Dit (space) dit dah dah dah, hence F J. Of course if you remove the space then it is the number 2. He just seemed way to strong here for 200 watts. Maybe a little glitch with his keyer.

I had to pass a basic code test at 18 WPM when I first started flying for the Coast Guard as an Airborne Radio Operator/Navigator in the 1960's. Later I was tested at 30 WPM for a USCG speed key (bug) license issued by NMC and was tested for my ham license when I was stationed at San Francisco Intl Airport by an FCC Engineer at the FCC Office on Samson Street in San Francisco, no VEC's or no code here. I sat and copied the code for the full five minutes with only 3 mistakes; the other Coast Guard guy that was from NMC that was tested with me sat his watch on the desk. After one minute of code he put his pencil down and sat back. The FCC Engineer came by right away to pick up our papers before you could make any changes. Seeing that he had stopped after a minute the Engineer told him too bad you couldn't keep up, practice and try again. My friend told the Engineer he thought the rules were that he must copy one minute of code perfect out of the five minute tape run so after he
copied the first minute 100 percent he quit. He passed also. We did not use abbreviated numbers in the Coast Guard. Lots of fun working a foreign merchant ship on 500 kc (no kHz back then) from a bouncing plane at 200 ft, through a storm using a 200 ft trailing wire antenna. 

-----Original Message-----
From: Ron Notarius W3WN [mailto:wn3vaw at verizon.net] 
Sent: Monday, February 21, 2011 10:57 AM
To: k7acz at cox.net
Cc: DX-QSL at mailman.qth.net; aa7jv at atlanticbb.net
Subject: Re: [Dx-qsl] C6AGU

I did... twice. And I didn't copy "EJTT" but 2TT, ie, 200.

Now I can't speak for anyone else, but I used a computer to decypher the exchange. An organic one. It's located between my ears.

73

Feb 21, 2011 01:40:41 PM, k7acz at cox.net wrote:

Anyone work C6AGU during this weekend's ARRL DX CW Contest? I carefully
listened for his power exchange and copied EJTT. He was 59+ here, no QRM,
very FB copy. I listened for about 10-15 contacts and each time it sounded
like EJTT. I am not familiar with EJTT as a shortened number. Of course the
TT means 00. But what about the EJ? Maybe his memory keyer was putting a
space between the first and second dits. If EJ is sent as one group, no
spacing, it would be a 2. So that would make his power 200 watts. But he
seemed too strong here in NV to be 200 watts. I wonder what others copied.

Many were sending ATT, NN, etc, but I have never seen EJTT before. I know
you should log what you hear but I automatically convert ATT, NN, etc to a
number when I log it. If I submitted my log with a power of EJTT I don't
think the contest software would understand it.


TIA & 73, Alan, K7ACZ



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