[QCWA] Q-Signals

[ve6afo at cia.com]

Hi Joe,

I guess there is nothing like splitting hairs.

If someone has nothing better to do and, the time to argue whether man-made 
or nature made, then so be it. I can see where they are coming from but, 
must admit - in all my 51 years of amateur radio - I have never thought of 
power line noise being considered as QRM. I guess us old timers have yet to 
learn something new!!

73,

Ken Oelke - VE6AFO
PS - I really don't have the time to ramble on about this either!! Each to 
their own, I say.

At 07:02 AM 19/03/2012, Joe wrote:
>This is pretty timely,
>
>On another E-Mail list I am a member of, I was shot down by several
>there on my thoughts of the meanings of QRM and QRN.
>
>Yes can you believe that? Two of the most basic and most common of all Q
>signals, and there was a strong and heated discussion of their meaning.
>
>It all started because a fellow amateur had bad power line static, and
>he kept referring it to QRM.  Because it was "Interfering" With his
>listening abilities.
>
>As much as I tried I tried to explain that QRM in my mind is
>interference caused by like another HAM or other like foreign broadcast,
>or a man made INTENTIONALLY made signal.
>
>And QRN is "Noise" be it powerline, lightning or any other random
>"Sparking" type of "Noise" Not a true "Transmitted" types of signal that
>is interfering.
>
>I was shot down BIG time by many on this other E mail list saying, that
>the definition is if it is man made then it is QRM, and if nature made
>it it is then QRN.
>
>am  I nuts or are they?
>
>Joe WB9SBD