At 11:14 AM 1/8/99 -0500, you wrote:
>
>A click is a sound.
>
>Clicks are produced by abrupt changes in amplitude.
>
>Clicks produce superious signals beyond the carrier frequency which can be
>heard beyond the acceptable limits of a keyed cw signal.
>
>Clicks are ileagal.
>
>Clicks on a scope while looking at a keyed, cw signal appear as a steep
>rise and or steep fall on the pattern. Or at least this type of signal
>causes clicks. They could probably be seen on a spectrum analizer.
>
>Clicks can pass right through your narrow filters in your receiver and the
>clicky station can be heard far outside of your passband.
>
>Chirps are usually considered to be slower changes in the carrier
>frequency when a transmitter is keyed.
>
>Chirps can start and end anytime during the duration of the carrier's
>on-time.
>
>Chirp can begin at the initial key-down stroke then suddenly stop and
>become stable as some Omni VI's do.
>
>Chirps that are really bad are sometimes referred to a "WHOOPS" Check out
>most Cubans on 40m.
>
>Chirps are ilegal depending on how bad they are and how the FCC feels
>about what he hears.
>
>I've never heard of anyone getting a pink ticket for chirp but I'm sure
>it's happened. I've heard of plenty of pink tickets for clicks since they
>gobble up bandwidth.
>
>>
>> At 06:55 AM 1/8/99 -0500, you wrote:
>> >
>> >Gee I got a lot of mail. Usual stuff. From it I gather:
>> >
>> >(1) We need a clear, quantitative definition of "click"
>> >(2) We need a clear, quantitative definition of "chirp"
>> >
>> >73 jerry w8gnd
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