Topband: Re: A New Start

[Tom Rauch]

> > Having given up on the key click issue as not "winnable" and most
stations
> > that I give a 599X report asking what that means, it's off to the new
> > battle!
>
> When I started with Amateur Radio, som 40 years ago, a 599X was the
absolute
> best report I could receive - back in these old days the X meant; that
your signals,
> sounds exccelent - like a Xtal controlled transmitter.
>
> A 599C meant a bad "Chirpy" signal
>
> Better today to send 599CLIX or 599HVY CLIX . .

"K" is and always has been the proper designation for clicks.

599K means 599 with clicks. 599X used to mean xtal-like stability, as you
point out.