[Elecraft] Dropping the Code Test

[Phil LaMarche]

I wanted to add:  When the aurora conditions were so bad that it was like
having your receiver not plugged in, and I constantly monitored because of
being at the North Pole, it was always exciting to hear a signal somewhere
but unreadable, and then see 
It come up little by little and WOW! There it was.  Music to your ears.

Phil 


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-----Original Message-----
From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Earl W Cunningham
Sent: Monday, September 05, 2005 5:55 PM
To: jwiley at alaska.net; elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Dropping the Code Test

Jim, KL7CC wrote:

As often as not,  SSB will get through when CW won't.  FACT - not a typo!

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When I lived in Michigan (closer to the magnetic north pole than Alaska),
the aurora didn't make a hoot of difference on HF between SSB and CW -- weak
CW was still easier to copy than weak SSB.

As for propagation via aurora on VHF, the difference was startling.  The
rapid doppler shift rendered SSB signals unreadable while CW signals were
still quite readable despite the buzz saw sound of their signals.

73, de Earl, K6SE
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