[Elecraft] K3: past chirp report

[Ron D'Eau Claire]

Wow! When was that? When I was a Novice my rig was, by law, crystal
controlled. 

73, Ron AC7AC

-----Original Message-----
From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of
Richard Fjeld
Sent: Friday, January 20, 2017 8:18 PM
To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3: past chirp report

My first commercially made transmitter/receiver was crude. The Tx drifted so
badly, that during my first novice qso, the other station said he chased me
through three other qso's. I don't think 'three' was an exaggeration.
I made a crystal calibrator to help me check the receiver's dial accuracy,
and keep me within my allocation.
I didn't know what the cw sounded like, but no pink tickets.  We've come a
long way.

Dick, n0ce


On 1/20/2017 12:01 PM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
> There was a time, decades ago, when we could identify specific CW 
> stations without waiting for call signs by the sound of their signal - 
> bit of chirp (or yoop), touch of hum and, of course, by their fist on 
> the straight key or bug.
>
> Today we can fit a few more signals into the same band with absolutely 
> clean rigs and keyers that make all signals sound the same - 
> especially as more stations shift to keyboard CW that even removes 
> slight differences in inter-character and inter-word spacing.
>
> Even so, it was nice tuning across the band and being able to say with 
> confidence, "That's Al in San Diego" or "Ernie in Detroit" or "Arnie 
> in Havana".
>
> Immediately we knew a lot about band conditions too without beacons 
> and other "modern" aids.
>
> 73, Ron AC7AC
>
>
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