Zero Watts on SSB

[jcrmadden]

AM was in rare form this morning.

I heard almost no skip before noon today (complete $#!7 show by early afternoon).

It was clear and easy listening on the local net.

I had conversations with at least six different people (not pretend QSO's but the actual exchange of information and ideas).

There were a couple of new folks heard on the fringe of my RX that could finally hear me too.

Several more "distant men" being described to me because he was trying to pull me in too (He's so-n-so from whosie-whatsit... you know... johnny's uncle bill... He runs an old Eagle rig...)

Today was such a good day that I finally waded into the SSB waters...

I keyed up on SSb with no effect.

A glance at the meter on a dead key.

ZERO WATTS

Huh?

"Audio! Audio! Audio!"

Looky there. A 10 watt swing on LSB.

Am I missing something or is something broken?

 

[hill]

SSB only has output when you are transmitting some voice, since there is no carrier to show output with no modulation.

 

[slowmover]

AM was in rare form this morning.

I heard almost no skip before noon today (complete $#!7 show by early afternoon).

It was clear and easy listening on the local net.

I had conversations with at least six different people (not pretend QSO's but the actual exchange of information and ideas).

There were a couple of new folks heard on the fringe of my RX that could finally hear me too.

Several more "distant men" being described to me because he was trying to pull me in too (He's so-n-so from whosie-whatsit... you know... johnny's uncle bill... He runs an old Eagle rig...)

Today was such a good day that I finally waded into the SSB waters...

I keyed up on SSb with no effect.

A glance at the meter on a dead key.

ZERO WATTS

Huh?

"Audio! Audio! Audio!"

Looky there. A 10 watt swing on LSB.

Am I missing something or is something broken?

Sooper-Secret-Bands

Gotta crank the amp to get heard sometimes.
38-LSB, 20-LSB, 28-LSB. Scan around otherwise.

There’s this all-new mobile antenna at DX-E or HRO . . . .


This is where a 102” and parked in a good location does well.

Woody's Guide to SSB - CB GAZETTE WEBSITE

Woody tells ya 'bout SSB!!

www.cbgazette.com

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[Chris155]

AM was in rare form this morning.

I heard almost no skip before noon today (complete $#!7 show by early afternoon).

It was clear and easy listening on the local net.

I had conversations with at least six different people (not pretend QSO's but the actual exchange of information and ideas).

There were a couple of new folks heard on the fringe of my RX that could finally hear me too.

Several more "distant men" being described to me because he was trying to pull me in too (He's so-n-so from whosie-whatsit... you know... johnny's uncle bill... He runs an old Eagle rig...)

Today was such a good day that I finally waded into the SSB waters...

I keyed up on SSb with no effect.

A glance at the meter on a dead key.

ZERO WATTS

Huh?

"Audio! Audio! Audio!"

Looky there. A 10 watt swing on LSB.

Am I missing something or is something broken?

36 & 37 LSB are where I have most success. 38lsb gets super crowded with big power stations especially evenings & weekends. Having said that, my first dx contract was on 38lsb on a week day morning, stock uniden 980. No dead key on ssb but I’m not sure what you should see on a meter either.

 

[slowmover]

Contributor JayMojave wrote what I thought was (and still do) the funniest post from years of reading around on CB.

In it was description of Amateur operators on one band or another of theirs with their morning Net . . . and after a few months one of’em getting a bit cranky from the litany of gall-bladder surgery or prostate cancer stories.

So he saddled up and off flew the lasso, that, some of ‘em was off-frequency.

Which turned into cartoon time given old tube equipment and arcane seance-worthy alignment procedures. Lasted days. Maybe a couple weeks.

I know I’m still laughing.

Everyone needs him an Eeyore Story for proper SSB etiquette so they knows yer serious. Oozing sore? Colostomy Bag? Make it appetizing. (How the regulars default to drive off the unwanted).




Silent morning? From over on WWDX it was:

“So quiet I could hear Recons’ dog snoring”
(are there any “ex” Marines?) His mic would pick it up. So quiet don’t need a radio to hear . . . .

You can try LSB-16 on Saturday, see if any of them are awake.

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[slowmover]

Or, just wait for @merlin to crank up some of his gear.

Leave a win-der open, you’ll hear him.

Post in thread 'never seen it this good.... unbelievable'
never seen it this good.... unbelievable

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[jcrmadden]

There’s this all-new mobile antenna at DX-E or HRO . . . .

No means no! 😂

 

[jcrmadden]

Everyone needs him an Eeyore Story for proper SSB etiquette so they knows yer serious. Oozing sore? Colostomy Bag? Make it appetizing. (How the regulars default to drive off the unwanted).

The first intelligible statement I pulled from SSB this morning was a guy stating that he had found a good used colonoscopy camera at a yard sale for cheap... 😐