One thing I seem to be noting more and more on SSB, that operators are tuning up on the "zeros" and the rigs are good enough to put that within a few cycles. For tuning around on SSB, I've gone to the practice of setting freq display to nnnn.000, holding COARSE, setting it to 100 hz steps and tuning through the phone band. Surprising how many (most?) sound clear at some nnnn.0 that way.
A few Hz one way or another won't make much difference. Spot on net frequencies don't require transmitting any tones. Let everyone with the accuracy transmit and receive "on the zeros". Let the others zero in. The reason this was done differently in the "old days" was that people did not have rigs that would set or stay accurately on a frequency. So everyone would do their best to zero the NCS. Both my MP and K3 come up dead on WWV every time all the time. To listen to Yankees on WCBS radio (not always easy from NC), I set dial to 880.000 and listen up or down ESSB using 6Khz roofing filter. I can do the same thing to listen to music on Radio Moscow on 7125.000. 73, Guy ----------------------------------- Recently I was accused of calling CQ "off frequency" on SSB! "Off frequency"? I wasn't in QSO with anyone. That was the point of the CQ! It turned out the other station was tuning on the "zeros" like you suggest, and was of the opinion that everyone should do that. That's another thing I like about CW. No one thinks it's strange if I call CQ on 7,021.53 kHz, Hi! Ron AC7AC _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
