Back in the '60s hams made bad signals with soldering irons.
Now we do it with knobs.
On Jun 17, 2013, at 8:57 AM, GARY HUBER wrote:
> Those who have a SDR running PowerSDR or similar can use the panadapter and
> other functions to look at received signals and if optioned to receive during
> local transmit can also look at their OWN transmitted signals. N4PY
> developed a mod which works well with the OMNI-VII, providing a real-time
> look at one's transmitted signal.
>
> 73 ES DX,
> Gary -- AB9M
>
> -----Original Message----- From: k6jek
> Sent: Monday, June 17, 2013 10:33 AM
> To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] RF Speech Processor "TX IMD"
>
> I've been a ham since 1962 long before incentive licensing. There were plenty
> of terrible signals on the band back then.
>
> CW signals were raspy, chirpy, clicky, and drifty.
> AM signals were FMing, had RF in the audio, had audio distortion, and drifted,
> SSB signals had terrible opposite side band and carrier suppression, bad
> audio and drifted.
> Splatter was common.
> Harmonics radiation was common, broadcasting on several bands at once.
>
> Spectrum displays are becoming common on high end radios. This may be a boon
> since others may tell you when your signal is bad. Of course they'll be wrong
> because they don't know the definition of bandwidth but they didn't know it
> fifty years ago either.
>
> Jon
>
>
>
> On Jun 17, 2013, at 12:14 AM, Charles P. Steinmetz wrote:
>
>> Rick wrote:
>>
>>> Guys, I maintain there are a lot less lids and a lot more bad radios then
>>> you think!
>>
>> Any ham who takes for granted what his or her radio is doing, without
>> measuring it him- or herself and correcting it as necessary, IS a lid. And
>> yes, unfortunately, I know that I have just described 85% of all US hams. I
>> would much prefer that those 85% had never been licensed, or had been
>> required to learn and demonstrate genuine technical proficiency to become
>> licensed (I don't care a whit about whether they know code).
>>
>> IMO, we should get rid of the whole VE structure and go back to examinations
>> by an FCC field engineer at an FCC field office using tests that have not
>> been made public. Ideally, including some hands-on operation and
>> troubleshooting. Putting testing in the hands of people who have an
>> interest in how many new hams there are is the worst possible way to run
>> things. Having a limited number of publicly-available test questions is a
>> deplorable farce.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Charles
>>
>>
>>
>>
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