[SOC] Advanced SOC operating techniques for dead bands

[Ray Day]

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