[SOC] Second Class Signal . . .

[D.J.J. Ring, Jr.]

The station to the South East of you has great ears, perception high,
musicality excellent, discernment of dumpster quality excellent.

Just ignore him and all the OO reception reports, haven't they ever heard
ICW?  It was all the rage 95 years ago and used by hams with a chopper
wheel to modulate their continuous wave CW to give it a tone.  Much cheaper
than using a motor-generator set to generate 400 cycle per second
alternating current for the plate voltage which would sound like a musical
tone 40 cycles short of Middle A.

73

David N1EA
 On Apr 18, 2015 7:57 PM, "John Raynsford via SOC" <soc at mailman.qth.net>
wrote:

>  Sometimes I get a wild hair and go Qrp for awhile.The binge can last for
> months before it wears off.
> Often I stalk "big gun" stations and work them justfor the fun of it. The
> other day, the aurora was goingfull tilt overhead. Hf was a mess here in
> Alaska thatevening, WWV & WWVH was down in the noise level.Miserable
> propagation conditions. Outta the clear blue a station in Japan was
> comingthru on 15 mtrs calling CQ. I couldnt resist just seeing for myself
> how good of station he was using.After about 10 minutes of listening to him
> call cq withno takers on a dead band ... maybe he'll respond.Set my power
> output to 500 milliwatts to a 9 ft whip andlet 'er rip. Bam ... worked him
> outrite.
>  Today, whole different experience, yes that homebrewcw transmitter sounds
> funky. Chirps, drifts on its ownif the qso lasts for any length. Attracts
> the attention ofofficial observers when I intentionally use a wall wartto
> power it.
>  Today, was on a regulated power supply. Called a dudedown on the west
> coast, got an instant reply." your too weak and that transmitter belongs in
> a dumpster "
> I'd say thats a RST of at least 579 !
> I like my funky sounding qrp signals . . .
> 73 de AL7JK, JohnEagle River, Alaska
> Flying PIg # 222
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