Tonight on 40 meters, on about 7.118, I found and recorded the best 
example of chirp, and of a bad CW note in general, that I have heard 
in years..

I believe the station was in Cuba, but he faded into the noise when he
began sending his call.

I also could not hear the W2 he was talking with, so it is possible
that I was hearing both chirp and a parasitic signal. Whatever the
case, I haven't heard such a good example of a terrible CW note in
years. It was common place on the Novice bands when I started out in
1969, but even there it wasn't usually this bad.

Even by the mid 1970's, the Russians and most of the Cubans had
cleaned up their transmitters to the point that a good example of
chirp was rare. That makes this one a keeper.

The list won't allow attachments, so I'll be glad to send the mp3 to 
anybody who wants to recall how chirp sounded on a CW signal, or to 
anyone who wants to hear it for the first time.




Mike Duke, K5XU
American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs