On 7/13/2011 8:32 PM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
> Station KPH/KFS in California participated in the "Night of Nights"
> operations this week marking another anniversary since the end of CW as the
> mainstay of Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS).
Managed to snag KPH QSA 5 [no surprise there!] and KLB at about QSA 3.
Did not hear WLO, but I have in the past. Nothing on the Holy Frequency.
> Check out the sidetone-- very typical of commercial CW gear and why I
> chuckle at those who insist on a perfect sine wave sidetone from their rigs.
Our operating positions had a second RX, the one at the position I
usually sat was an R-388, and while the station supplied sidetone for
our cans [not exactly a sine wave], I just felt better getting mine from
that RX ... sort of proved to me that the TX was actually on the air
since I couldn't see it.
> I had the pleasure of visiting that station, and working them on the air
> occasionally, when their CW signal was the "voice of the Pacific"
The only place I ever heard them down in So. Cal. was on 600m. See below.
> The transmitter site shown is some miles south at Bolinas. That way they
> didn't need any fancy QSK circuitry.
And also because the CW maritime radio service was full duplex
everywhere, except 600m. My 5KW signal on 600m was sure loud in the
R-388 :-)
N of N is a fun little romp through history, if you haven't tried it,
you might give it a shot next year. If you're not familiar with
commercial CW procedures, I have a 85 MB British PDF that will inform
you way deeper than you might like to go. Let me know, I'll email you a
copy.
73,
Fred K6DGW
- Northern California Contest Club
- CU in the 2011 Cal QSO Party 1-2 Oct 2011
- www.cqp.org
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