Hi Mike,
It was me about the CW squawk.
.
I'm testing it with VE4EA... (My K3 front end got blown up by an in-band
mistake at K6ND last weekend).
Anyway, I made a 60 wpm wave file for "CQ VE4EA". For that sequence, it is
1 second long. I would suggest
that it not squawk on every transmission, but every N transmissions or few
mins. One second is nothing.
If you want a "CQ VE9AA" wav file, I'll send you one.
I'll let people know the results when we are finished testing.
This is a WAV file test, sending in SSB mode. (SSB + CW tone) = CW.
It'll be interesting to see how RBN reacts.
73, Gerry W1VE/VE1RM
On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 4:18 PM, Mike Smith VE9AA <ve9aa@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote:
> I have been watching this thread with great interest.
>
>
>
> As a small to barely medium pop gun I struggle to get spotted on SSB.
>
> A couple others in my area have huge superstations and are perhaps the only
> thing being heard as the band opens and closes to vrious areas, so get
> spotted easily on SSB.
>
>
>
> Even so, there are times they are on the bands working EU's by the
> bucketload (some of whom I COULD be working, but the cluster/telnet/someone
> only has their call on the bandmap and folks are getting used to not
> spinning the knob)
>
> This past weekend has proven (read the 3830 reports and be in the contest
> for all the evidence you need) that a lot of folks are simply clicking on
> spots, yet
>
> do not know how to (or choose not to) spin the big knob anymore. The
> smaller SSB ops are at a distinct disadvantage. Unless you are uber rare
> or
> uber loud, your chances of getting spotted go way down.
>
>
>
> *IF* smaller stns such as myself were to be spotted, we'd have a much
> fairer
> crack at running as well.same as I do on CW.
>
>
>
> Of course the solution is to build a bigger station, but right now it is
> weighted heaviest towards the big or rare guys.
>
>
>
> I do not notice nearly the disparity on CW. I am 3dB in Wales and someone
> else nearby might be 35dB, but we both get CW spots. If the DX can't hear
> my 3dB signal, it's
>
> on me to improve that or "suck it up Princess" as they say. On SSB it's
> not
> nearly as fair. (Yeah, sux to have a weaker signal, I know, I know)
>
>
>
> I also know not everyone has (cheap) Internet or can tie up the phone line
> (modems, remember them?) and or even Internet access at all ! I don't
> think
> that's going to work.
>
>
>
> So, what's the solution? Who was it that said the 70wpm squawk on CW?
> What's the max speed that could be done at I wonder? Even @ 70wpm, that
> seems like it's going to eat a lot of time up over a contest
>
> as the spotting should be continuous (every CQ), the same way it is on CW.
> (Subaudible tones CW?)
>
>
>
> That would be ideal..something that can be generated by the operator over
> the air until the RBN's speech recognition catches up. (which might be
> decades)
>
>
>
> Mike VE9AA
>
>
>
> Mike, Coreen & Corey
>
> Keswick Ridge, NB
>
>
>
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