[SOC] Advanced SOC operating techniques for dead bands

[John Bache G7JMZ]

The qso's where you can only here one side of the conversation are great, you can make up the overs that are missing from your own imagination :-)

Regards

John.

On 1 Aug 2015, at 04:15, "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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