[Elecraft] K3 1750Hz roger beep

David Ferrington, M0XDF M0XDF at Alphadene.co.uk
Tue Oct 6 16:12:40 EDT 2009


I stand in defence of Alexandr on this, it was something I asked for  
before the first production run - I'm still having treatment for the  
burns - so please, accept that not everyone feels this is not a good  
idea (just as I would defend you for asking for wide-band Tx in VK  
because your band plans are different).
As long as this is configurable, I don't see where the problem is. If  
VK decide this is unacceptable in VK, then people wont use it there.
However, it is acceptable over here in G land and is used quite a lot  
on V/UHF -  there are two factions here, those that think it helps in  
poor conditions, and those that think it looses you a second during  
the over - not come across any that feel it makes it harder or  
distracting - I personally quite like the idea.
73 de M0XDF

-- 
The rung of a ladder was never meant to rest upon, but only to hold a  
man's
foot long enough to enable him to put the other somewhat higher.
-Thomas Henry Huxley, biologist and writer (1825-1995)

On 6 Oct 2009, at 20:59, rfenabled at gmail.com wrote:

> Hi,
>
> (Snip)
>
> 1) redesign this as for Roger-Beeb (at the end of transmit) for any
> voice mode (FM, SSB) - maybe with some tone to choose (sometimes CW
> "K" on higher wpm used also)
> (End Snip)
>
> PLEASE do NOT do this.
>
> Many operators in VK hate this CBer type of operating.
>
> A lot of us refuse to acknowledge a TX with a roger beep of any  
> kind, even in a contest.
>
> Don't try and tell me it helps, it doesn't. It just adds to the noise.
>
> A group of us have written to the regulator in Australia and have  
> asked for a ruling to make it illegal to TX a roger beep tone and we  
> have received word from them that a ruling is being considered.
>
> If successful, we will petition the FCC to do likewise.
>
> Working weak signals, the roger beeps are distracting and not helpful.
>
> As for our friends in the EU who contest, you do not need a roger  
> beep, but you could work on cleaning up your audio as some of the  
> worst audio I have heard on the bands lately is coming from badly  
> set up audio out of some stations in the  EU in the contest.
>
> BTW, 10/15M was rocking into VK this last weekend.



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