Re: Topband: phantom click cop

[Robert Kavanagh <ve3osz@rac.ca>]

At 05:21 PM 2/2/04, Ron, WA9IRV, wrote:


> Twice in the last 4 nights I have been told by an anonymous station that I 
> had clicks "10 kc wide".  He wouldn't ID when requested.
>
> After the first incident, I immediately worked another station who was 
> calling CQ, and he said I had typically "hard" Omni 6+ keying, but no 
> clicks that he could hear (I was 20 over at his place).
>
> Last night, while working some DLs with my new (brand new-post click mod) 
> K2/100 as the exciter, the phantom cop came on again with the same 
> message.  A few minutes later he did the same to Bob, VE3OSZ, who runs low 
> power, and is a fixture on 160 CW.  I called Bob and told him of my 
> experience so he wouldn't worry about it.

The "click cop" has done this to me twice in the past few days. On each 
occasion I asked what his QTH was, thinking that this might indicate the 
seriousness of my clicks. But there was no reply on either occasion.

My rig is an elderly Drake TR7 (no amplifier) which has been used for all 
of my 160 QSOs over the past 24 years or so. I have never received any bad 
reports about clicks before. So, if there is a problem I'd like to know 
about it. If anybody does observe clicks on my signal, please tell me and 
do let me know who you are. I promise not to hold it against you !

73

Bob, VE3OSZ

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