[RTTY] Distortion = QSD

[W0YR at aol.com]

Guys,

One of the reasons I use true FSK rather than audio from a sound card for 
RTTY is that it allivates the possibility of distortion from overdriving the rig.

When I do hear a distorted signal I include in their report a message on one 
of the macros: QSD QSD YOUR SIGNAL IS VERY DISTORTED QSD QSD 

QSD is defined variously in several sources I have as:

QSD: Your keying is defective/Is my keying defective?  (ARRL Operating 
Manual)

QSD: Your signal is mutilated/Is my signal mutilated? US/British Combined 
Operating Field Manual, 1942)

(Now you reflector nitpickers will argue that the "keying" is not defective 
in these cases, but only the audio level.  However, this is close enough in 
meaning to describe what's wrong.  Certainly, the signal is MUTILATED!)

If enough ops begin using QSD to describe a signal with DISTORTION, it will 
come into common usage, both in the form of a statement and as a question.

73,

QSD?

Mike
W0YR