Recent threads have addressed perceived shortcomings of modern receivers
compared with classic radios, new products for SO2R operation, and accessories
in general.
No one has mentioned a great shortcoming in modern (solid state) rigs which
especially affects SO2R operation and could lead to the need for a
station accessory.
Classic radios from the 1950s and before often had a shunt noise limiter,
which was adjustable with a front panel control. The nice thing about
this feature was that an operator could use the adjustable limiting
threshhold to adjust the volume to protect the eardrums from not only
static crashes but also strong signals as one tuned across the band.
Many of us used this feature to operate breakin with a separate antenna for
the receiver. This feature was probably left out of solid state rigs
because for best results the shunt diode works against a high impedance
with relatlively high signal voltages (above the threshold of the diode).
Terry Zivney, N4TZ/9
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>From Leigh S. Jones" <kr6x@kr6x.com Wed May 30 16:27:07 2001
From: Leigh S. Jones" <kr6x@kr6x.com (Leigh S. Jones)
Subject: [CQ-Contest] contest taping
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There's plenty of use for the recordings within the spirit of the
contest -- and without cheating. Certainly 48 hours of rechecking
CQWW logs via recording is outside of the spirit and too tedious to
consider, but extracting my best runs and listening to them in the car
for entertainment and practice has been one of my favorite activities
over the past couple of decades.
When I've received log checking results (UBN's), it's been useful to
me to check the tapes on occasion. For instance, I miscopied AA4NC's
section -- should have been SCV, but I copied SC -- during the SS
contest a few years back. It sure sounded like I had perfect copy on
the tape, so I must have transmitted on top of his "V". In some of my
favorite tapes I've had my contesting buddies on an adjacent
frequency -- and the tapes showing my numbers progressing faster and
passing his. And I clearly need a good taping of a CW Sprint to
listen to and get myself into the swing of the contest prior to the
starting gun.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeffrey Clarke" <ku8e1@yahoo.com>
To: <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 11:10 AM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] contest taping
>
>
>
> I never have figured out why people bother taping a contest. If
> you listen to the recording and then change the mistakes you made
> in your log afterwards wouldn't this be considered cheating ?
>
> I was talking about log checking with N1ND in Dayton and
> the ARRL is not going to change your log.... even if you come to
them
> with a recording to prove them wrong. They stricky go by the logs
they
> get and if some station gives you an exchange or call and you copy
> right but they log it incorrectly then you are out of luck. ( Dan,
> please correct me if I misunderstood you) I'm not sure about the CQ
> handles this. Maybe one of their log checkers can comment on this...
>
> Jeff
>
>
>
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