Topband: Question...

[k8bhz at hughes.net]

I see....you copy CW at hundreds of words per minute in your head? 
Congratulations! One of my most memorable meteor scatter qso's was with a 
lady from the South who had the most beautiful accent, accentuated by the 
scatter effects. It's hard to equate that to a "chirp" of high speed CW or 
data. Actually hearing the excited voices of those you worked was most of 
the thrill. It's a shame that all the hype of the high speed, computer read 
CW or data turned most people off to meteor scatter, because it's  so easily 
done with existing, very modest stations.

I'll also never forget my first EME qso when I thought I heard a WA3 calling 
cq, only to realize on the next qsb rise that it was actually a JA3! 
Likewise, I will always remember hearing my own ghostly voice coming back 
from the moon. Sorry Jim, it's just not the same at all.....

Brian  K8BHZ

-----Original Message----- 
From: Jim Brown
Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2015 2:51 AM
To: topband at contesting.com
Subject: Re: Topband: Question...

On Fri,2/27/2015 2:33 PM, k8bhz at hughes.net wrote:
> Now people swap qsl's for contacts that they personally never heard; one's 
> that their computers have worked instead

That's funny -- I work meteor scatter and other WSJT modes, and I damned
sure DO hear virtually all meteor scatter QSOs. There ARE some JT65 and
JT9 QSOs that I see but don't hear. :)  But that's part of the fun too.
I don't do these modes instead of CW, but in addition to CW.

73, Jim K9YC


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