Also known as 'Contest Ear'. After listening for traces of weak CW for 12 hours, you start to hear them in any noise. You also hear them after the contest is over and you are well away from the radio!
I think when you want you hear and see things that are not there. You just hear/see them because you mind expect it to be there (even you are not aware of it).
My neighbor at work drives me up the wall playing with his cellphone. I have to listen closely to it to be able to tell that it's not 5 WPM CW. ;-) (And it's just the right pitch to sound sort of like a navaid beacon on the aviation bands too .. which gets my brain really confused.)
On Aug 23, 2006, at 4:49 AM, jules@g0nzo.co.uk wrote:
Also known as 'Contest Ear'. After listening for traces of weak CW for 12 hours, you start to hear them in any noise. You also hear them after the contest is over and you are well away from the radio!
I think when you want you hear and see things that are not there. You just hear/see them because you mind expect it to be there (even you are not aware of it).
On Aug 23, 2006, at 9:18 AM, Bruce Bostwick wrote:
My neighbor at work drives me up the wall playing with his cellphone. I have to listen closely to it to be able to tell that it's not 5 WPM CW. ;-) (And it's just the right pitch to sound sort of like a navaid beacon on the aviation bands too .. which gets my brain really confused.)
Many Nokia cell phones' "Loud and Long" ring tone setting sends "Connecting People" in 5 WPM CW.
Always wondered the history behind that... hams at Nokia? :-)
-- Nate Duehr - WY0X nate@natetech.com
Doesn't Marti Lane, ON4UN, work for Nokia? Jim KQ6EA
--- Nate Duehr nate@natetech.com wrote:
On Aug 23, 2006, at 9:18 AM, Bruce Bostwick wrote:
My neighbor at work drives me up the wall playing
with his
cellphone. I have to listen closely to it to be
able to tell that
it's not 5 WPM CW. ;-) (And it's just the right
pitch to sound sort
of like a navaid beacon on the aviation bands too
.. which gets my
brain really confused.)
Many Nokia cell phones' "Loud and Long" ring tone setting sends "Connecting People" in 5 WPM CW.
Always wondered the history behind that... hams at Nokia? :-)
-- Nate Duehr - WY0X nate@natetech.com
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There are websites that will convert your CW to ringtones FOR FREE....one guy went as far as assigning all his "friends and family" individual ringtones of their names in CW...his reasoning?
"that way I know who it is before I pick up the phone..."
Let's see...how to satellite relate this...you could set your station to dial your cell during satellite passes and pass the audio to you wherever you are. A CW ringtone would signify it was your satellite computer calling you...not a person.
Anyone up for writing the software?
Roger WA1KAT
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Many Nokia cell phones' "Loud and Long" ring tone setting sends "Connecting People" in 5 WPM CW.
Always wondered the history behind that... hams at Nokia? :-)
-- Nate Duehr - WY0X
I guess so - the EU GSM system that we have here has a short message system for texts up to 120 characters and incoming messages on Nokias are announced by the phone sending "SMS" in slow CW.
Its very confusing when two or three go off during one train journey...
Will the guilty OH amateur please identify himself!
73
Graham
Always wondered the history behind that... hams at Nokia? :-)
-- Nate Duehr - WY0X nate@natetech.com
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Or perhaps the signals are genuinely in your head ...
http://www.snopes.com/radiotv/tv/fillings.htm
73 de
Félim M3HIM IO91ot Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, UK ----- Original Message ----- From: jules@g0nzo.co.uk To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2006 10:49 AM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Noise problem
Also known as 'Contest Ear'. After listening for traces of weak CW for 12 hours, you start to hear them
in any noise. You also hear them after the contest is
over and you are well away from the radio!
I think when you want you hear and see things that are not there. You just hear/see them because you mind expect it to be there (even you are not aware of it).
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This might solve the technical end of your dilemma:
Roger WA1KAT
----- Original Message ----- From: "Félim Doyle M3HIM" Felim.M3HIM@ntlworld.com To: jules@g0nzo.co.uk; "AmSat BB" amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2006 11:27 AM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Noise problem / Noise level problem
Or perhaps the signals are genuinely in your head ...
http://www.snopes.com/radiotv/tv/fillings.htm
73 de
Félim M3HIM IO91ot Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, UK ----- Original Message ----- From: jules@g0nzo.co.uk To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2006 10:49 AM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Noise problem
Also known as 'Contest Ear'. After listening for traces of weak CW for 12 hours, you start to hear them
in any noise. You also hear them after the contest is
over and you are well away from the radio!
I think when you want you hear and see things that are not there. You just hear/see them because you mind expect it to be there (even you are not aware of it).
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On Wed, Aug 23, 2006 at 10:49:20AM +0100, jules@g0nzo.co.uk wrote:
Also known as 'Contest Ear'. After listening for traces of weak CW for 12 hours, you start to hear them in any noise. You also hear them after the contest is over and you are well away from the radio!
CQ FD from birds is the worst I have had.
- 73 Diane VA3DB
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