If your telling me u never worked a 1 lander in another district but its own
id be suprised.
and if u considering the IC-746 operating with the 250hz filter from ICOM is
equal to a hal S-38 table bender
then let this be my last post, because were going no where
Tony
N1LDY
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jerry Flanders" <jeflanders@comcast.net>
To: "radioman" <radioman@semarg.ath.cx>
Sent: Sunday, December 19, 2004 8:34 PM
Subject: Re: [RTTY] Re: W4's are terrible???
> At 00:44 12/20/04, you wrote:
> >Nope..
> >Sri Jerry not U,
>
> OK. Thanks. Since I am probably the only W4 that runs (at least as far as
I
> know) I assumed you could be pointing the finger at me. I try to run a
> clean station, but it is hard to be sure it is clean.
>
> >I don't want to call anyone out, not yet
> >but just I was on the edge of not coming back..
> >being able to work only a couple of stations, while the buzz saw amps are
> >around, then 38 stations
> >when they are gone, cause they changed bands. is more then simple
annoyance.
>
> I would never "call anyone out" - I will never forget something that
> happened 50 years ago when SSB was just starting up - a guy in our local
> club started loudly criticising some of the local SSB guys at a club
> meeting, because when he monitored them on the bands he thought they were
> maybe 30 KHz wide with splatter. Turns out he was using a cheap SWL
> receiver (Hallicrafters S-38), not realizing how broad its IF passband
was!
> So I just keep quiet because I am not technical enough to be sure where
the
> problem really is.
>
> I hear a log of junk on the bands, just like you, but I try to keep it
from
> spoiling my fun. Of course, those CW guys on 40 that think they own the
> lower end try their best to spoil it, but that is just plain QRM, not
> distortion.
>
> 73 and thanks for the Qs
>
> Jerry W4UK
>
>
>
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