For me this nails it right on the head. I was there this AM when Mr.
Tuner showed up on TX3A. Fortunately I'd already worked them. Fortunate
because Mr. Tuner was lots louder.
I cannot believe it was anything but deliberate QRM. Nobody worth his or
her salt does not have a tune up chart for knobology amplifiers like
mine. Or a self tuning amp for those who can afford them. Thus, anytime
I hear a tuner on a DX station, no question. Its intentional sick-O jamming.
73 Art
JOHN wrote:
> I still find it hard to believe that with the advent of antenna analyzers,
> dummy loads, wattmeters, etc, that there is the need to tune up on any
> frequency at all. Every amateur should have in their shacks these tools so
> that we DO NOT cause interference to others. This was they way I was taught
> when I got my ticket, so has this all changed... is it ok for all of us to
> load up that loop or inverted-L with a 1500 watt tone, in my eyes
> deliberately interfering with others not to mention that horendous noise on
> the band it creates, just to get that one 59 3 second contact? Please tell
> me this is ok?
> [Snip]
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