Carl (KM1H) wrote:
>
> Have you actually listened to the QRP frequencies lately??
> I have never, in over 40 yrs as a ham, heard such poor signals.
> The QRPers are so deep into cheap that they have lost the concept
> of quality.
> The QRPers are a problem...not a soution IMHO.
I worked 220 stations in both contests and I heard ONE station with what I
would consider a poor sounding signal (yes I will say), AA8LF was given a
poor tone report followed by :"Bad Chirp" with which he acknowledged with a
TU. (20m 2203z MI 1w 40F). I have been licensed for 35 years and remember the
days of the tube type VFO's that would walk across the band and Chirp and key
click all over the place.
That is why Novice stations were crystal controlled. Inexpensive VFO's were
not stable. A high persentage of todays NE602 type rigs can run rings around
the 1960's rigs, in both recieve and stability. Are we going the wrong way
"NO SIR" I think not.
Maybe the CO2 station on 7040 that drifted to 7045 was what you heard!!!!!!!
I heard some poor semi-auto bugs but thats not the rigs fault and thats my
opinion.
AL K0FRP
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