[SOC] MCW, again.

Fri Oct 12 19:54:47 EDT 2018

Bry,

With A2A keyed modulated CW, it's best to put the BFO on.  With constant
unkeyed carrier with a keyed tone, you MUST turn off the BFO or zero beat
the signal and receive it that way.  The MCW I'm talking about was used as
a replacement for spark on ships.

Keyed MCW is a whole different thing.

The Marconi Company prides itself on beautiful modulation, the Royal Mail
Ships kept their radio rooms busy.

Listen to Queen Mary on her last East bound Trans Atlantic crossing on this
recording by Arthur Goodnow, W1DM (SK):

https://archive.org/details/LastEastboundTrans-atlanticVoyageOfqueenMarygbtt

You can hear Queen Mary GBTT in MCW and Tuckerton, NJ Radio WSC in CW.

Around here, Yarmouth, NS Radio VAU had his transmitter always on MCW and
it was a pleasure to copy.  You can hear GLD Land's End Radio in Cornwall
on QRT 500 the video of the UK close down of WT service.  G3RID is at the
key, an exceptional fist.
https://archive.org/details/qrt500

A Morse transcription was made of this video:
https://archive.org/download/qrt500/QRT_500_Transcript.pdf

73

David

On Fri, Oct 12, 2018, 16:42 Bry Carling <AF4K at hotmail.com> wrote:

>
> >>I said that MCW is supposed to be distracting, that's modern day
> purpose, it's wider than CW and makes a heck of a noise as a receiver
> with BFO hears 3 tones keyed at the same time.
>
> >>73 DR
>
> Not if you are smart and turn the BFO off like you are supposed to, or
> move your MODE switch to the AM position!
>
> However, for weak sigjnal work, it is quite often better to hear those MCW
> beacons (yes they are keyed albeit by a program) with the BFO on (SSB mode)
> and a narrower filter. I have never found any of them at all "distracting."
> It's all in how you adjust the receiver. Maybe an FOC op would find it
> annoying but I don't. (grin!)
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: soc-bounces at mailman.qth.net <soc-bounces at mailman.qth.net> on behalf
> of D.J.J. Ring, Jr. <n1ea at arrl.net>
> Sent: Saturday, October 6, 2018 11:34 PM
> To: Second Class Operators' Club
> Subject: Re: [SOC] MCW, again.
>
> A keyed pure sine wave into a SSB radio results in A1A emission, not A2.
>
> A2, MCW, or A2A is a carrier with modulating Morse tone, it comes in
> two varieties, keyed like ships used and unkeyed like non-directional
> beacons (NDB) use.
>
> I said that MCW is supposed to be distracting, that's modern day
> purpose, it's wider than CW and makes a heck of a noise as a receiver
> with BFO hears 3 tones keyed at the same time.
>
> 73
> DR
> On Sat, Oct 6, 2018 at 11:30 PM Joseph B Cotton <cottonj at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > MCM that is generated by a SSB rig can not be differentiated from a
> > standard CW signal. You are talking about an MCM generated by an AM
> > transmitter. Playing a pure sine wave audio into a good SSB rig is what I
> > am talking about.
> > Joe W3TTT
> >
> > On Sat, Oct 6, 2018 at 4:22 PM D.J.J. Ring, Jr. <n1ea at arrl.net> wrote:
> >
> > > Keyed MCW is best received with BFO on as you then can also receive the
> > > carrier as well.
> > >
> > > Detection of CW is much more sensitive then AM.  Detecting MCW in CW
> > > receive is also better.
> > >
> > > 73
> > >
> > > DR
> > >
> > > On Sat, Oct 6, 2018, 15:12 g4jht <g4jht at eircom.net> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Remember MCW is just keyed AM,  so you  turn the CIO or BFO off, to
> > > > receive it.
> > > > You can even pick MCW up on crystal set, were as with CW you just
> just
> > > > gives clicks in the phones.
> > > > The Marconi Atlanta main ships receiver I have just bought (manual
> says
> > > > 1967) has a real variable BFO and an off switch for it. Once I have
> it
> > > > powered up I will try some experiments with local MF Aero beacons and
> > > > report back what I find if anyone is interested. They sound like 800
> > > > cycles without putting an audio frequency counter on it.
> > > >
> > > > 73, Dave
> > > > EI0DB
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On 10/06/2018 02:47 PM, D.J.J. Ring, Jr. wrote:
> > > > > You're right, Joe.
> > > > >
> > > > > I guess I got carried away with adding 400 Hz to 800 Hz coming up
> with
> > > > 1200
> > > > > HZ.  I'd do that on my receiver and it's not the tones transmitted.
> > > > >
> > > > > 400 Hz tone used to modulate
> > > > > a carrier of 500 kHz, you will have carriers at 4,999,600 Hz,
> > > > > 5,000,000 Hz and 5,000,400 Hz.
> > > > >
> > > > > I corrected the typo.
> > > > >
> > > > > With a wide receiver we heard three tones.
> > > > >
> > > > > I used bandwidth of about 8 kHz for watchkeeping.
> > > > >
> > > > > 73
> > > > >
> > > > > DR
> > > > > N1EA
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > On Sat, Oct 6, 2018, 00:19 Joe Pontek Sr <v31jp1957 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > >> This is not completely accurate.
> > > > >>
> > > > >> An MCW is made up of components determined by the method of
> > > generation.
> > > > >> If standard AM method
> > > > >> with a single tone is used, there will be the carrier and then two
> > > side
> > > > >> tones, ie. 400 Hz tone used to modulate
> > > > >> a carrier of 5,000 kHz, you will have carriers at 4,999,600 Hz,
> > > > >> 5,000,000 Hz and 5,000,400 Hz.
> > > > >>
> > > > >> Now, depending on your receiver's band width, you might hear a
> single
> > > > >> carrier at each frequency, a beat
> > > > >> tone od 400 Hz if you hear two carriers at the same time and
> further
> > > > >> mixes with a wider bandwidth.  The
> > > > >> beat note(s) is(are) made in your receiver.
> > > > >>
> > > > >> In the above example, the bandwidth only 800 Hz, not like a single
> > > > >> sideband suppressed carrier voice
> > > > >> signal of about 2,700 Hz.
> > > > >>
> > > > >> Too many times, it is a P poor receiver causing garbage you hear
> on
> > > the
> > > > >> bands or poorly used receivers
> > > > >> by the operators.
> > > > >>
> > > > >> 73
> > > > >>
> > > > >> Joe
> > > > >> K8JP
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >> On 10/5/2018 1:00 PM, D.J.J. Ring, Jr. 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
> > > > >> --
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