[Elecraft] OT - my history of zero beating

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 away5 or 10 kc away often got

Re: [Elecraft] OT - my history of zero beating

I don't know what the fascination is with zero beating the guy you're calling. Although my elmer told me of similar tales when he was starting out, he taught me that the purpose of at least near zero-beating was to not take up more bandwidth than necessary. You're not running a full-duplex

Re: [Elecraft] OT - my history of zero beating

In a message dated 7/12/07 6:57:27 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: 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 away5