[SOC] Advanced SOC operating techniques for dead bands

[AL7JK John]

Great minds do indeed think alike !
 This weekend should be interesting couple operating events taking
place, hopefully the bands will open up. Until then I'll keep plugging
away :)

73 de AL7JK

On Sat, Aug 1, 2015 at 8:31 AM, Frank Precissi <vadept at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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