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Re: "So lets talk a little Low Power Radio and Solar..."
Great write-up! I'm excited to get into low-power operation now that I've got some capable gear. QRM encompasses car ignition systems, electrical transformers, and other man-made sources of noise as well, right? Or is it just "intentional" RF emissions from a transmitter?
Jul 28 · 5 months ago
📡 Queen_City_Nerd [OP] · Jul 28 at 23:48:
@addison I'd say that's all QRM, powerline noise and transformers are as well. I was just being general but yeah in the old Q Code list I have QRM? is to mean "is your transmission being interfered with? vs QRN? "Are you troubled by static?" And boy were we... The flight of the bumble bee event was a downer for the bands being down today. I just worked a great contact KA9I who gave a signal report of 229! He stuck with me to his credit but we gave up for the weak signal. I emailed him after logging in QRZ to say thanks and asked if he had a usual time/frequency I'd keep an ear out to continue the QSO later.
So lets talk a little Low Power Radio and Solar Terminology briefly. In the days of telegraphy we used a shorthand called the Q codes and they persist to this day in that usage. CW Continuous Wave or how Morse Code transmissions are called sends a letter at a time so abbreviations are useful! Texting before texting if you will. There were some unique to trains, and planes and ships, and radio but there are some standard ones radio operators use. In use they were statement or questions...