Ed you must be talking about those XE stations tuning up on SSB on the low end
of 40m. They groan "hoooooo-la" while they dip the plate control !
SOP
Best regards - Bry Carling
> On Feb 22, 2014, at 8:29 PM, Ed Purvis <wa4njy@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> There are some on hi-fi sideband that I am not sure they are talking or their
> stomach is making noise.
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> ________________________________
> From: Steve Berg <wa9jml@frontier.com>
> To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec@contesting.com>
> Sent: Saturday, February 22, 2014 8:12 PM
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] In praise of older technology
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> As part of my collection, I have Drake 2B receiver and a Gonset GSB100
> phasing exciter. One night I wound up in a round table with a bunch of
> HiFi SSB aficionados 0n 40 meters. These guys were running advanced
> equalizers and high-end microphones. Then had the latest Oriental
> Transceivers. They even had audio spectrum analyzers to check out each
> others signals. So, I asked for an evaluation, and they were quite
> complimentary. So, they asked what I was running, and I told them a
> 1957 vintage phasing exciter with a D104 mic. They were amazed! Sure,
> it drifts, and it is hard to get it right on frequency by zerobeating
> the receiver BFO with the carrier on the exciter. But it is a lot of
> fun to use.
>
> Steve WA9JML
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