Return-Path: Received: (qmail 22697 invoked from network); 23 Mar 2001 17:04:58 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO murphys-inbound.servers.plus.net) (212.159.14.225) by excalibur.plus.net with SMTP; 23 Mar 2001 17:04:58 -0000 Received: (qmail 29349 invoked from network); 23 Mar 2001 17:04:23 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO post.thorcom.com) (212.172.148.70) by murphys with SMTP; 23 Mar 2001 17:04:23 -0000 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 3.16 #2) id 14gUpQ-0007Q5-00 for rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org; Fri, 23 Mar 2001 16:54:20 +0000 Received: from ruthenium.btinternet.com ([194.73.73.138] helo=ruthenium) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 3.16 #2) id 14gUpP-0007Q0-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Fri, 23 Mar 2001 16:54:19 +0000 Received: from [62.7.97.8] (helo=dave) by ruthenium with smtp (Exim 3.03 #83) id 14gUp1-0002MN-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Fri, 23 Mar 2001 16:53:55 +0000 Message-ID: <000f01c0b3ba$25ada5c0$0861073e@dave> From: "Dave Sergeant" To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org References: <28702.200103221619@gemini> Subject: LF: Re: Key clicks Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2001 16:52:21 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group Sender: >From Dave G3YMC >Actually, key clicks are never likely to be a huge issue on LF; when >compared to HF standards, even a full 1W ERP is a sub-QRP >signal, and the higher noise level will tend to swamp clicks from all >but the most local stations anyway. I am not sure this generalisation is really true. I receive quite a few stations who are up to s9 + 20dB and they are hardly 'most local'. Local noise level varies considerably between stations, and with many of us the limiting factor is loran - I was in the shack a week ago when Lessay went off air for around 10 seconds - I saw first hand what my noise level was without it, and how strong it really was. Although I am not aware of any stations with key clicks, I am pretty sure I would be able to copy the clicks if they were there on the stronger stations I hear, even with loran. By the way, I just happened to spot this remark in the 'sea' of wolf messages yesterday. Most of course get deleted before I read them.. Cheers Dave G3YMC dsergeant@btinternet.com dsergeant@iee.org http://www.btinternet.com/~dsergeant