My XYL said:
"what sort of bird is that?"!!!!!!!!

73


David W Wood

Ham call - G3YXX
FOC # - 1685
Licensed - 1969
 

-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Howard, W A 9 Y B W
Sent: Monday, January 02, 2012 1:05 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Example of Chirp on a CW Signal

Wow, that was the worst I have ever heard!!

I think I know what was causing this, the hamsters in the exercise wheels
couldn't keep up with the power demand by this hams transmitter.

73's

Howard #3

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Duke, K5XU" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, January 01, 2012 9:17 PM
Subject: Anybody Remember What Chirp means??


> 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



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, January 01, 2012 10:05 PM
Subject: Re: Example of Chirp on a CW Signal


> Buddy,
>
> Thanks for making that available to us all.  That is the worst case of 
> chirp
> I've ever heard.  He just couldn't keep that transmitter on frequency.
> Maybe if I still had my old Heathkit VF-1 VFO, I could have followed him
> around the band.
>
> Steve
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Buddy Brannan" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, January 01, 2012 22:40
> Subject: Re: Example of Chirp on a CW Signal
>
>
>> I've heard a signal like that once or twice, but yeah, that's pretty =
>> awful. Probably is Cuban, too.=20
>>
>> Anyway, if anyone wants the file, get it here:
>>
>> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1053407/chirp.mp3
>> --
>> Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
>> Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY
>>
>>
>>
>> On Jan 1, 2012, at 10:31 PM, Mike Duke, K5XU wrote:
>>
>>>=20
>>> Thanks, Buddy.
>>>=20
>>> Here it is.
>>> ----- Original Message -----=20
>>> From: "Buddy Brannan" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> To: "Mike Duke, K5XU" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Sent: Sunday, January 01, 2012 9:28 PM
>>> Subject: Re: Anybody Remember What Chirp means??
>>>=20
>>>=20
>>> Hi,
>>>=20
>>> Send it here, and I can stick it in the public dropbox.
>>> --
>>> Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
>>> Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY
>>>=20
>>>=20
>>>=20
>>> On Jan 1, 2012, at 10:17 PM, Mike Duke, K5XU wrote:
>>>=20
>>>> 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..
>>>>=20
>>>> I believe the station was in Cuba, but he faded into the noise when=20=
>>
>>>> he
>>>> began sending his call.
>>>>=20
>>>> 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.
>>>>=20
>>>> 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.
>>>>=20
>>>> 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.
>>>>=20
>>>>=20
>>>>=20
>>>>=20
>>>> Mike Duke, K5XU
>>>> American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs
>>>=20
>>>=20
>>> <Mail Attachment>
>> 


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