There is hardly a station closer to Jack on 160m than me. ( a couple
VE1's/VY2's maybe) and yes, I'll be one of the first to admit his keying is
indeed a bit "hard", but I wouldn't say he's especially wide. He's about
60/9 here, but I have never thought he was QRMing me by his keying. (if
anything, just brute signal strength probably more than anything)
I've heard much worse coming out of other parts of Eastern NA with stations
that are much weaker and take out "segments" of the band with horrendous key
clicks or problems with their amplifiers.
VE9AA
Mike, Coreen & Corey Smith
699 Rte 616 Keswick Ridge
NB
Canada
E6L 1T1
----- Original Message -----
From: Eddy Swynar
To: Roger D Johnson
Cc: topband@contesting.com
Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2012 9:07 AM
Subject: Re: Topband: Ticked over intentional interference on top band
On 2012-01-21, at 6:32 AM, Roger D Johnson wrote:
> Unfortunately, VE1ZZ has a terrible signal with key clicks out to
over1kHz
> from his carrier frequency. Perhaps the other chap had a signal he was
> trying to copy wiped out by ZZ and decided to get even.
Hi Roger,
Sez who...?
Jack's keying may well be a tad on the hard side, but his signal HARDLY
emits "...key clicks out to over 1 KHz from his carrier frequency",
IMHO...and I've copied him at some 30 db.+ over S-9 here, too, so if he was,
indeed, "clicky", I think I'd know...
There seems to be a clique of anal "Kilocycle Klix Kops" on 160-meters
that is obsessed with key clicks, & is quick to condemn---much too quick to
condemn, IMHO---guys like Jack. Far be it for me to suggest that you're a
part of that "elite" group, Roger, but I know from personal experience that
"...perception is reality", and if so-called tribal knowledge on the band
has it that Jack is guilty, then he's been effectively branded as such for
life.
It's not fair, & it's not becoming of anyone who aspires to be one in a
league of gentlemen to criticize one's fellows in a medium to which said
fellow may not be a party of, and thus unable to defend himself...I know:
I've been there myself personally, and I did NOT like it.
~73~ de Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ
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