I really have to chuckle a bit about "matching tones" or "zero-beating."
When I was first licensed with a novice class ticket (rock-bound), one
learned to
"tune the band" looking for answers. It was common-place to answer a
CQ by calling the CQer 5, 10, or even 50 kc away....5 or 10 kc away
often got results. 50kc was less common, but not rare.
I also remember going over to a ham's in the same town (who had phone
rigs) and watching him call CQ on 2m and "tuning the band"
...MEGACYCLES worth, looking for an answer (which he got).
When I answer a CQ these days, I wait a bit first (1/2 second) to see
if there are any other callers. If there are, I slightly change my
QRG so I'm not calling on top of him. Zero-beat...what's that? :-)
I don't know what the fascination is with "zero beating" the guy
you're calling. Of course, with the advent of the K3 "super filters,"
this might become necessary if op's "crank 'em all the way down" for
routine CQs. LOL
And yes...it is getting "bad" waiting for the K3's and sorry for the
summertime bandwidth.
de Doug KR2Q
PS...after the last Simon photo, I guess we might next hear about no
need to zero beat cuz you couldn't.
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