[SOC] Advanced SOC operating techniques for dead bands

[Frank Precissi]

I like to xmit in a dummy load, then pick it up on another reciever and qso
myself.  And I thought working yourself was only reserved for teenagers and
married folk!

KG6EYC/K6SOC
SOC# i fore-got.

On Sat, Aug 1, 2015 at 9:27 AM Peter Clough via SOC <soc at mailman.qth.net>
wrote:

> OR, you could be the only one foolish enough to reply to the call.
> Pete WD4GPO
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Louis Axeman <n8la at ymail.com>
> To: Second Class Operators' Club <soc at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Sat, Aug 1, 2015 12:22 pm
> Subject: Re: [SOC] Advanced SOC operating techniques for dead bands
>
>
> I often talk to -- and answer -- myself because I am the only one around
> with
> whom I can hold an intelligent conversation.  I think I'll try having a
> QSO with
> myself, perhaps giving a signal report to one of my selves that differs
> from the
> one given to the other of my selves.  Thanks for the inspiration!!
> Lou,N8LA
>
>
>
>
> On Friday, July 31, 2015 10:25 PM, Ray Day <rayday at cox.net> wrote:
>
>
>
> Whoo-hoo! Now we're cookin'! The next step would be to have fictitious
> QSO's
> with yourself - only one-sided, of course. Methinks whoever is
> listening
> will soon be tightening his PL-259's, checking coax and preamps, and
> asking
> for a lot of signal reports as he tries to figure out why he can't hear
> "the
> other half of the QSO." You could tell him it was a loooooooong delayed
> LDE,
> perhaps cubically polarized. 20 years delayed..and hey. you, with
> your
> sidetone set to 528 hz, might even really work yourself as a
> youngster!
> Better get a bigger eQSL inbox, though, and be prepared!
>
>
>
> And for
> sure, listen to the video, as least as much as you can stomach. Gets
> really
> strange pretty quick. And don't leave the rig on unattended with it
> set for a
> sidetone of 528 hz. I did, once, and according to LoTW, now have a
> 8-Band DXCC
> (for each of SSB, CW, RTTY, PSK31, and PACTOR)on record and the
> first EME QSO on
> 500 Hz spark, well, OK, the 500 Hz - 2.5 Ghz "spark" band.
> Eat your heart out,
> WSPR!
>
>
>
> Oh, Nicola, if you could see us now..
>
>
>
> Ray N6HE
>
>
>
> *******ORIGINAL
> MESSAGE******
>
>  With the 528 hz sidetone going mainstream now (I haventwatched
> the video)
> wanted to ask other members of the SOCabout how they cope with poor
> or
> non-exsistant propagation ontheir favorite bands.
>
>  Me I like to call
> stations I havent heard from in more than 20
> years.Consulting my hand written
> logbooks from back then, pick a favorite
> out and start calling for them.
> Interspersed with a numberof CQ's. It amazes
> me just how many people are tuning
> aimlesslyabout through static only to
> listen to me call for someone
> .......Station's with the fancy panoramic
> displays of the spectrum arethe worst,
> they instantly tune to the "spike" on
> their display. Onlyto discover ... its me
> again via groundwave. I'm not
> trying to derail the current focus on 528 hz
> sidetonediscussions in way.
>
>
>
> de AL7JK
>
>
>
>
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