Last night about midnight local time I worked an RV6/3 (Aleksej) in Russia on 40 meter PSK running 20 watts into and end fed antenna. I got a 59 report.

Ham radio isn't about about shooting fish in a barrel and causing as much interference as you need to work whatever station (as long as you don't get a letter). It's about good operating practices, some patience, and the fun of discovering what you (and nature) can do when you least expect it.

Go back and read some articles about the spirit of ham radio. End of speech.  AB7JK

The Japanese seem to be closing out all their HF radios costing under $1500. All you poor slaves living on the Ikensu plantation will soon be up to your eyeballs in red ink and unreliable, hard to service radios. How do you get young people into the hobby at those prices?

There are still alot of good serviceable radios from 20 years ago but they will become harder to find.
Something's got to change but since so many other aspects of the hobby threaten it now (commercial interests, poor operators, out of control government, indifference) the hobby has very little chance of surviving. The there is Iran, Iraq, bird flu, race relations, possible civil war, or a combination. The powers that be are warning us.

I can't help but imagine a future with degenerate gangs and political warlords fighting over what is left of America. Decent people will be living in fortified camps communicating with other camps with qrp radios and car batteries. Funny how thinks turn out but I degress...

Methinks you protest too much. Makes me think YOU guys are poor operators otherwise you would'nt make so many excuses.

Either that or you guys are flamers. Either way you can't confuse me. My wife plays games like that sometimes and she is psychologically stronger than you guys put together.

AB7JK

The enjoyable thing about using digital is monitoring activity on nearby frequencies using programs such as Digipan.
Blaming poor filtering in other's receivers is a cop out. S9 signals don't cause desensitizing of nearby frequencies - 20 to 40 over S9 signals do.
You're supposed to reduce power to a power necessary to complete the QSO.
You are making excuses for poor operating practices. AB7JK

N0IU,

There's nothing subtle about running high power on PSK-31. Either they don't know anything about the mode or they don't care. I suspect the latter.

Desensitizing and blocking signals on nearby frequencies IS QRM. These slobs just started showing up in the past year - we never had this problem before then. (Yeah YOU - reading this with the weird look on your face)

It's time to dress them down on the air - legally of course. Either they crank it down or they get peed off and burn out their finals - don't matter to me. LOL

Digital is the only thing left keeping some of us from going QRT. I always wanted to be a cop (not really - just heard it in the movies).

LMAO  Kim AB7JK

PSK-31 is becoming the new A-hole band. I guess they were driven off SSB and have now graced us digital ops with their presence.

They are running 50-100 watts or more (maybe using amps) that totally desensitize the reception of anyone within five kilohertz of their trace.

Solution: DON'T WORK THEM. Instead send them a quick call identifying yourself and simply tell them they are running too much power - then sign clear and don't respond if they reply, or send "QRM OM".

It's time to send the jerks packing. We don't want no stinkin' high power SSB types on digital.

I've never bidded on his E-bay listings but he seems pretty slick - the kind of slick that raises a red flag (a mint FRG-7 ? - I don't think there are any). The only thing that will get the creep off E-bay is exposure and other people telling their stories. AB7JK

Causing trouble on another forum Lon?
How many other forums are there?

You are weak (emotional) and thin skinned.
You try to make others feel stupid so you
can feel smart by comparison. If you were
the last person on earth you would feel
stupid because there would be no one to
compare yourself with.

I know your type - go jump in a lake.



 

K7VO,

Anger is a hypnotic emotion - It means I and anyone else can control you through your anger. From your responses I know I'm inside your head now and you can't get me out.
If I were a malicious person I could tear up everything in there like a buzz saw.
I'm not trying to hurt you but show you how it works. - See if you can get me out of your head. Let me know how it goes. I really think you are a decent person somewhere inside. AB7JK

  LOL!

Don't mean to be off subject but QSK is really over rated. Unless you are running traffic (which is rarely ever done in CW any longer) there isn't much need to break-in on a message. I don't think I've broke into a cw transmission since becoming a ham (23 years) even when I had QSK.
If you are working a pileup the code speed is so fast QSK becomes unnecessary anyway - timing is more important.

The good thing about QSK would be if your radio has a noisy relay but for most ops semi break-in is sufficient.

Just my 'pinion flamers.
Kim AB7JK

The best way to learn how to send is on the air - hands down. Same with copying. Just make sure you have a quality keyer and paddles.

You will find after awhile your QSO copy speed will be several wpm faster than that of random letters/numbers
because you'll start to recognize complete words and you don't have to translate the letters in your head any more.

Soon you'll find yourself working DX at 25 wpm even though you only copy QSOs at 15 wpm because you only copy/send a few letters and numbers.  

Listen to a high speed DX exchange or pileup on your radio...you'll get the idea. GL..  Kim AB7JK

I was just joking about the civil war part - it will probable still happen though.  Kim

People run from nonstandard qso's for the same reason's they run from confrontations, from being outspoken, from being truthful, from disciplining their family, and for a million other reasons - they are afraid to lose approval and they can't control the resulting anger and hurt feelings that result. People are too angry and too sensitive to be themselves.  Kim

Lon,

Of course you are upset - see how dishonest you are.

Resentment and upset make you look for approval from people esp. friends and family - you serve people for approval to make up for the guilt of hating.

If you were honest with people they would pull their support away and you would hate them - like the hate you feel toward me.  Kim AB7JK