Re: Topband: QSL 7O6T Socotra Isl

2013-01-29 Thread cris blak
Hello All, I think is enough information on this subject. Thank you to all who kindly answering. Special Thanks to WT3Q Sam who point me to qrz.com! The QSL "action" is still alive and ongoing. They said: If you didn't received our card till the end of February, please e-mail us, WE'LL SEND IT

Re: Topband: Naming names

2013-01-29 Thread Jim Brown
On 1/29/2013 9:43 AM, Tree wrote: This "naming names" thing didn't work out so well. First - one of the "names" was wrong.:-) Actually, I think it might have worked far better than you think. Tom's excellent post noting that any station must be considered as a system, and describing yet anot

Re: Topband: Signal complaints and auto bias

2013-01-29 Thread Eddy Swynar
On 2013-01-29, at 10:07 AM, Tom W8JI wrote: > > Having a K3 does not make all signals clean, and not having one does not make > all signals dirty. It is the entire system that matters, and there is > certainly more than one clean radio in the world. > That statement alone pretty much says it

Re: Topband: Coupla things

2013-01-29 Thread mstangelo
Dale, I agree with you. The reason for the signal report is to convery honest information to the other party. If the signal is not pure I would not send a T9 and I would send a K when I receive clicks. If we used the correct signal report the responsible offender would be grateful to receive

Topband: Naming names

2013-01-29 Thread Tree
All - I think I owe many of you an apology. This "naming names" thing didn't work out so well. First - one of the "names" was wrong. :-) I think in the future - it would be best for people to work 1:1 when they have issues like this. I think it is much better than trying to do it in an open fo

Re: Topband: Changing received signal levels

2013-01-29 Thread Eduardo Araujo
> I gotta think that Top Band offers some "unusual" operating > "conditions" that, amongst other witness "states," shows us > clearly how dynamic the band is! James, That is very common from here, Sometimes during the whole contest I have a few seconds to work stations. I have to break jus

Re: Topband: Keyclicks / AGC

2013-01-29 Thread Hank Garretson
On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 11:30 AM, wrote: Is it possible... that what folks are attributing to keyclicks in the > transmitter, are actually AGC artifacts in their receiver? > > === Of course it's possible. You can also add DSP NR, NB, etc. to the > equation for false indicators. I for one am very

Topband: Signal complaints and auto bias

2013-01-29 Thread Tom W8JI
If your amplifier uses automatic bias, it can cause clicks. There are two things that will prevent or minimize this. 1.) Any auto bias system should not fully cut the tubes off. The tubes should stay very slightly into conduction, very near class B but slightly on the AB side of B. (B is exact

Re: Topband: QSL 7O6T Socotra Isl

2013-01-29 Thread cris blak
Hello, Thank you to all of you who answer to my question. In conclusion, most of you receive the QSL through OQRS. I've sent mine by mail with IRC inside. The e-mail of the QSL manager is ua...@mail.ru This information is provided for those with further problems getting a QSL from 7O6T. Regar