Yeah I remember those days.  Sure some strange sigs on the band. 

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On Behalf Of Phil Scovell
Sent: Monday, January 02, 2012 3:12 PM
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Subject: Chirp and Drift

In the late sixties, 15 meters was my favorite band.  I ran a Drake TR4 =
and it had no RIT control.  There were tons of Russians and Cubans on 15 =
meters with chirp up the ying yang.  The problem with the Russians =
especially, was drift along with the chirp.  I'd follow them up, or = down,
the band, and then put my VFO back to where I had originally = transmitted
when it was my turn to reply.  I, too, heard someone on 12 = or 10 meters, I
forget which now, chirping and even drift around a few = weeks ago.  It did
my heart good to know they were still around.  I = can't recall the last
Russian I heard chirping and drifting so times = sure have changed.  CO2BB
used to be the main active Cuban on 15 and I = worked him dozens of times.
Their 220 volts supplied by the government = was very bad and it drifted up
and down from 150 volts to 250 volts so = that didn't help their rigs any
either. =20

Phil.
K0NX