Ron Natalie wrote:
Jim Macklin wrote:

The FAA removes the ID when the radio facility is out of tolerance and
"not in service" even though there may be a signal being broadcast
[maybe part of testing or trouble shooting/repair] so it is my
practice to have the audio on at low volume. The monitoring decoding
by the hardware is very nice.

The TEST case brings to mind an amusing story. I was in the
backseat while my wife and her instructor were flying around
trying to track the EMI VOR. They had the IDENT volume up
so I could hear it sending. I finally had pity on them
and let them know it was sending TEST. Shame on Margy, she's
a HAM radio operator from the days when she had to copy CW
at more than twice the rate the VOR sends to get her license.

But just that's the problem - the ID's are so slow that
the thoughts slip to something else before decoding the code.

When you're really good with Morse, the slow speeds with
proper spacing start to be difficult to listen to.

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Tauno Voipio (CPL(a), also OH2UG)
tauno voipio (at) iki fi