[GreenKeys] Wobbly FSK ?

[Jack]

Unfortunately, the VF-1's "spot" feature leaked through
the transmitter. I remember being (kindly) reminded of
that "feature" back in the good old 10 meter AM days.



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podrasky
Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2011 6:05 PM
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Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] Wobbly FSK ?

GA OMs;

Yah remember in the good ol' days...

You'd be listening somewhere in the CW portion of the band and
all of a sudden you'd hear a carrier sweep across the frequency
as some lid dragged his transmitter to the frequency his receiver
was tuned to?

We used to say that: "that's just someone down the band, tuning up,
and he's using a VF-1..."

I don't understand how Heathkit let something like that our their
doors.

UE,
W6ESE - tony
NNNN
ZCZC


Lee Mushel wrote:
> Now that brings back some memories.   I will add "wobble" to
"chirp," 
> "drift" QRH, QRI, T5 etc.   And I recall a construction article that
I 
> suppose appeared in the early 50s in Popular Electronics that had
you build 
> a "one tube CW transmitter" on a chassis bent from hardware cloth.
It was 
> crystal controlled but it was a bit light on the power filter side
and went 
> "peeoww pip peeoww pip,   peeoww peeoww pip peeoww."   Thank
goodness I had 
> it attached to a light bulb for testing and only I heard that!  And
I am 
> surprised to learn that anyone had the nerve to use the VF-1!   I
actually 
> saw one on eBay the other day!
> 
> 73
> Lee  K9WRU

-- 
Tony J. Podrasky | Great truths about life that little children have
learned:
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                  |  "You can't hide a piece of broccoli in a glass of
milk."
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