[UK-CONTEST] Key Clicks.

[Bob Henderson]

Mostly so Roger.  I remember it of course but there again, I am a G3.
Though not old, not by a far stretch ;-)

599x for eXcellent or more properly for Xtal.  "You sound so good, you must
be crystal controlled."

Or more specifically, free of amplitude modulation therefore T9.  Free of
frequency modulation therefore without C.  Free of clicks K and free of what
hasn't been mentioned yet, D for drift.  If your TX was home-made and VFO
controlled and you got 599X reports you really had done a good job.

With modern commercial rigs, T9 tone without noticeable C & D is the norm.
Almost X but for K which it seems, continues to fall through the net.

Bob, 5B4AGN

2009/11/25 Roger Cooke <g3ldi at yahoo.co.uk>

> Hi.
>
>   Is it only us O L D G3's who remember the RST system of reporting from
> the 1950's?
> No need to answer that!!!!!!!
>
>  However, I find it strange that so many have not heard of 599k or 599c. I
> was discussing that on
> my Morse net the other evening. NOBODY had heard of 599x.   I'll assume
> there are a few G3's
> left who know what that is.
>
>  However, I agree with the comments about modern transceivers. We all
> assume that the keying
> will ( or at least should) be perfect, in other words 599x. Nearly gave it
> away then....
>
>  I was embarrassed to use my FT1000MP until I did the keying mod.
>
>
> Regards from Roger, G3LDI
> Swardeston, Norfolk.
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Alex GM3ZBE <alex at gm3zbe.plus.com>
> Cc: uk-contest at contesting.com
> Sent: Wed, 25 November, 2009 14:42:10
> Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] Key Clicks.
>
> Hi
> I'm inclined to agree with you about the reasons for the response Jim.
>
> So K = Clicks?  If I receive 59K that means I am R5, S9 and have key
> clicks?
>
> Actually I think Yaesu have some responsibility.  For an  extended
> period, they carried on producing FT1000 series models with known key
> click problems and never seemed to do much about the design flaw.
> Alex
>
> Jim G3RTE wrote:
> > In the "Good old days" if we told we had clicks or chirp we would quite
> > happily delve into the rig and hopefully cure the problem. Nowdays
> circuitry
> > is so complicated we don't dare to even to take the cover off the rig.
>  So I
> > guess an aggressive response is due to either "I paid a lot of money for
> my
> > rig so how can it be bad" or "Oh dear, I am going to have to get somebody
> > who can cure the problem and it is going to cost me megabucks"
> >
> > Jim G3RTE
> >
>
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