[SOC] MCW, again.

Sat Oct 6 10:36:28 EDT 2018

Bry,

I just said it's horribly wide and intrusive, I didn't say it wasn't a
thing of beauty.

I routinely used MCW at sea because I loved the sound, and when received on
a CW receiver, it's like having three carriers, even with QRM you're going
to hear me!

73

DR

On Fri, Oct 5, 2018, 22:12 Bry Carling <af4k at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Feh - beauty is in the ear of the listener OM. Live and let live...
>
> Best regards - Bry Carling, AF4K
>
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> On Oct 5, 2018, at 9:37 PM, D.J.J. Ring, Jr. <n1ea at arrl.net<mailto:
> n1ea at arrl.net>> wrote:
>
> It's horribly wide and intrusive!
>
> It's about as wide as a SSB signal.
>
> About 1.2 kHz wide.
>
> It sounds like three carriers, say tones of 400, 800 and 1200 Hz all
> sending the same pulses of Morse.
>
> 73
>
> DR
> N1EA
>
> On Fri, Oct 5, 2018, 12:25 Bry Carling <af4k at hotmail.com<mailto:
> af4k at hotmail.com>> wrote:
>
> MCW sounds so wonderful. A great loss that they banned it on amateur HF.
> It’s no more intrusive than a regular AM signal. No need for 2400 watts.
> Most LF beacons run 25 watts of MCW and you can copy them from hundreds of
> miles away sometimes.
>
> Best regards - Bry Carling, AF4K
>
>
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> On Oct 5, 2018, at 11:10 AM, D.J.J. Ring, Jr. <n1ea at arrl.net<mailto:
> n1ea at arrl.net><mailto:
> n1ea at arrl.net<mailto:n1ea at arrl.net>>> wrote:
>
> FCC rules forbid it below 50.1 MHz.   Canada permits it as does the
> United Kingdom.
> Ships used it to attract attention during SOS as it is very wide.  A
> 600 watt CW signal becomes a 2,400 watt PEP tone modulated signal when
> A2 is turned on.
>
> 73
>
> DR
> N1EA
>
> On Fri, Oct 5, 2018 at 11:04 AM Bry Carling <af4k at hotmail.com<mailto:
> af4k at hotmail.com><mailto:
> af4k at hotmail.com<mailto:af4k at hotmail.com>>> wrote:
>
> I love MCW. There are people who claim it is no longer legal but there has
> never been a test of that. It is still in use by LF Beacons, VHF users
> occasionally. I think it sounds GREAt for CW on HF due to that nice
> noise-blanking Carrier!!
>
> Best regards - Bry Carling, AF4K
>
>
>
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> On Oct 5, 2018, at 10:23 AM, Tom Cooper via SOC <soc at mailman.qth.net
> <mailto:soc at mailman.qth.net>
> <mailto:soc at mailman.qth.net><mailto:soc at mailman.qth.net>> wrote:
>
> MCW (Modulated Continuous Wave Modulation)  is a perfect SOC term because
> it uses "modulation" so perfectly.  Just think, we could say things like
> "modulated by modulated continuous wave modulation"  whenever we like.
>
> The next time I check the frequency for occupancy a couple of times
> ("QRL?  QRL?") and get no reply, then call CQ only to be called an ".- ...
> ..." by some FOC operator for using his personal frequency I'm going to ask
> if he would mind if I call CQ again a few times using a rig "modulated by
> modulated continuous wave modulation" and repeat the question just to make
> sure it is fully understood.
>
> 73,
>
> Tom  W1EAT
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