So, why is it that I regularly hear G stations - that is, stations based in England - calling CQ in a CB-like manner, ending with "... and bye for a call"? [Now one of them has QSYd from 20m to 12m, obviously calling 'CQ 12, CQ 12 a' metres, bye for any call." Idiot.]
It's pathetic. It's out of date. It's not how CQ is meant to be called. Why declare the band you're using? I mean, it's not usually the case that someone calling CQ spontaneously finds themselves on 70cm, is it?
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And, whilst I'm on a rant (again), why is it that the majority of RTTY users don't understand that the use of LSB means their noisy garble is regularly transmitted over other digital modes, just a handful of kHz below their QRG?
Go back to the blackboard, and take pride in your operating, why don't you?
2 comments:
Hello John, I really though it was how they call CQ in england. Charming ;-)
Can you explain about the problem with RTTY/LSB? Normally RTTY is on LSB, just learned that. Never heard that it would cause more problems as using RTTY in USB. Would like to learn about that? 73, Bas
Hi Bas. No, it's not a problem of the LSB as such, it's the fact that the transmission is appearing below the carrier/dial frequency, which very frequently means the RTTY signal then appears amongst more gentle digital modes placed slightly below the RTTY dial frequency. Nothing illegal or 'wrong', but I've long argued - to no real effect - that RTTY and similar modes should be separated from JT and WSPR modes, for example, by more spacing. I like RTTY, but it does often cause headaches. Sadly, the machine of the radio specturm is so dinosaur-like that nothing ever seems likely to happen; the RSGB advice was to QSY the entire WSPR community if there are any problems - which begs the question whether the person understood WSPR at all?
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