RadioBanter - View Single Post - The 2003 ARRL Frequency Measuring Test Schedule - just in case any of you are in outer space

November 21st 03, 05:54 PM

(Michael Black) wrote:

J999w ) writes:
Wow, they're still doing these? I though this test went extinct with the
popularity of digital readout radios.

jw
wb9uai
I thought the same thing when I saw a notice sometime within the past few
years. I'm pretty sure, then, that they did stop it, and it's now
been resurrected.

Now, it seems more of a challenge, and obviously more people have
pretty fancy equipment than in the old days.

You are correct -- it was resurrected.

I participated, and actually found it to be harder than it sounds.
It's not all that easy to zero-beat a signal in a crowded band when
the signal is just above the ambient noise level. It required far
more wetware-usage than I expected.

I'm sending in my results today.

--
Eric F. Richards

"The weird part is that I can feel productive even when I'm doomed."
- Dilbert