Re: For you Anti-Scopes

Posted by Kevin Rock on
URL: http://elecraft.85.s1.nabble.com/For-you-Anti-Scopes-tp4583569p4583732.html

My first thought after I read the subject line was, "Why is he bringing up the Monkey trial?"  I never once thought of a computerized gadget.  I guess having numbers on a dial is kind of neat but unnecessary to communications :)  Kind of like fishing: do you really want to know where all the fish are?  Do you want to catch ALL the fish?  Or do you just want to go fishing?
   Kevin.  KD5ONS


-----Original Message-----

>From: Wes Stewart <[hidden email]>
>Sent: Feb 16, 2010 5:13 PM
>To: [hidden email], Steve Ellington <[hidden email]>
>Subject: Re: [Elecraft] For you Anti-Scopes
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>How did we ever find each other before all of this computer stuff? 
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>I mean I had only 250 or so countries confirmed using paper and pencil logs and the only computer I was familiar with was an HP9000 series at work running HP Basic (with 250K of RAM!).
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>--- On Tue, 2/16/10, Steve Ellington <[hidden email]> wrote:
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>My 19" monitor is showing a cw segment of 40 meters in the early afternoon. I see 4 active cw signals.
>Tell me....What would be the odds of finding those signals by tuning across the band with a knob?
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>You would miss hearing the signal if:
>1. As you tuned across his frequency, he paused and you didn't hear him.
>2. As you tuned across his frequency, he turned it over to the other guy who is too weak to hear.
>3. His cw speed is so slow that you tuned across his frequency in between characters.
>4. He ended his CQ before you tuned to his frequency.
>5. His singnal faded into the noise right when you were tuning through his frequency.
>6. You heard a beep as you tuned but now you can't find where he was.
>7. He started calling CQ right as you tuned past his frequency.
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>Once you've had a bandscope, it's hard to live without it.
>See it in action: http://n4lq.webs.com/apps/photos/album?albumid=8215456
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>Steve
>N4LQ
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