On Tue, Dec 19, 2006 at 11:30:57AM -0600, Dr. Gerald N. Johnson wrote:
> All modern receivers have a couple failings. They hear nothing when
> turned off. And they don't radiate so others can't tell they are on and
> receiving without somebody calling CQ.
Worse than that, they don't receive when the people you are trying to
call are asleep, at work, not listening because your phone band is
in the middle of their digital band, or you miss the few minutes a
day the band is open for the next five years or so.
This even seems to apply to all of my old rigs too. :-)
Geoff.
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