Hi.
I just like finding out what my radio will really do when put to the
test. Aside from that, our club usually has really great food. Ok, I'm a
creature of pleasure at heart.
73, de Lou K2LKK
At 11:14 PM 6/19/2006 -0400, you wrote:
>only contest I get in to is field day, and it's not just the contesting side
>of it I like, I like the talking to people and honestly, could be happy to
>not get on the air though I like the late night hours on 40 and 80.
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Louis Kim Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Monday, June 19, 2006 9:53 PM
>Subject: Re: signal report, a bit of a rant
>
>
> > Hi.
> >
> > Here I go getting inflamatory. Contesting is trivial, in my view. What's
> > the point in my sitting there for hours doing what you could program a
> > computer or a robot to do? I'd like to put a little more of my
> > personality
> > into my communications than that. Not that I would deny anyone their
> > right
> > to sit there and do that, but if I found myself sitting there for hours on
> > end conducting myself like the sample in Ron's message, I would hope
> > someone would come along and slap me upside the head and tell me to get a
> > life!
> >
> > 73, de Lou K2LKK
> >
> >
> >
> > At 03:24 PM 6/19/2006 -0400, you wrote:
> >>Hi List,
> >>
> >>Well, don't get me started on this 5/9 business. How many contests have
> >>each of you listened to and some DX station or maybe a state side station
> >>is
> >>doing the following:
> >>
> >>W2XXX QRZ
> >>W2XXX from w4XXX 5/9
> >>W4XXX from W2XXX 5/9
> >>W4XXX QRZ
> >>W4XXX from W9XXX 5/9
> >>W9XXX from W4XXX 5/9
> >>W4XXX QRZ
> >>W4XXX from W8XXX 5/9
> >>W8XXX from W4XXX 5/9.
> >>
> >>You listen to this for about an hour solid and every signal report both
> >>ways
> >>is 5/9. This contesting technique of saying as little as you can so as to
> >>'pile up the points' trivializes the whole idea of giving any kind of
> >>signal
> >>report--which should be something we concern ourselves with--since
> >>contesting is actually supposed to be a type of training for handling
> >>emergency traffic.
> >>
> >>I could go on about this for a while, but I'll close by saying that if one
> >>gives a signal report, it should be legitimate, not just a formality as
> >>in:
> >>
> >>Hi Joe; how are you?
> >>fine; and you?
> >>fine.
> >>
> >>
> >>----- Original Message -----
> >>From: "Richard Webb" <[log in to unmask]>
> >>To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >>Sent: Monday, June 19, 2006 5:52 PM
> >>Subject: signal report, a bit of a rant
> >>
> >>
> >>Hi folks,
> >>
> >>THe question of whether or not the speech synthesizer in the
> >>op's rig could read out signal reports such as five nine
> >>etc. got me thinking about this, and it's one of my pet
> >>peeves.
> >>
> >>THere is a reason that the rst system, that's r s and t as
> >>in romeo sierra tango for those of you who's speech synths
> >>don't do kind things to it) is shorthand for readability,
> >>strength and tone.
> >>SO to answer the op's question, nope your speech synth in
> >>your radio can't do that. ONly you can judge readability,
> >>and tone for a cw signal. nOW comes the rant part.
> >>
> >>I work a lot of guys on the paper chasing frequencies who
> >>never give anybody a readability lesss than five unless the
> >>signal is almost too weak tohear. I"ll hear a station with
> >>rf feedback up the wazoo and some guy gives him a five nine.
> >>WHat's with that? HE sounds like something the dog left in
> >>the yard and this dude gives him a 59 report.
> >>
> >>HOnest signal reporting is a proud part of the ham radio
> >>tradition. WE should educate ourselves about what poor
> >>signals indicate about the state of the transmitter in
> >>question. GIving honest reports that clue the operator on
> >>the other end in about problems is part of what being a good
> >>operator is about.
> >>
> >>73 de nf5b
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>Richard Webb,
> >>Electric Spider Productions,
> >>Eads Tn.
> >>
> >>
> >>Braille: support true literacy for the blind.
> >
> > Louis Kim Kline
> > A.R.S. K2LKK
> > Home e-mail: [log in to unmask]
> > Work e-mail: [log in to unmask]
> > Work Telephone: (585) 697-5753
> >
> >
Louis Kim Kline
A.R.S. K2LKK
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