On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 8:12 AM, Paul Stoetzer [email protected] wrote:
Tuning around the passband manually reminds me of playing Halo back in the dorms at Michigan State and subbing in for another player who used the non-inverted controls (I have always played video games using the flight simulator style of down=up).
Nerd. :-)
Other stations were heard on the pass using LSB up and LSB down. That will work, of course, but goes against convention, which is to always receive in USB. If you choose LSB/LSB, you'll likely receive fewer responses to your CQs.
Next time I am involved in a ham class I plan to make it a point to mention that it's "USB everywhere". The only place where the convention is to use LSB is 160/80/40 m (because reasons) and on the uplink of inverting transponders (because that's how they work). Everything else, unless a station is being operated by a contrarian, is USB.