TEXT IS FROM AUGUST 2006 QST PAGES 37 AND 98 ‰ QST DE W1AW ƒ ‰ NOW 5 WPM ‰ AS THE SIGNAL GRADUALLY GETS WEAKER, THE RESULT IS THAT A DIGITAL RECEIVER PRODUCES NEARLY PERFECT VOICE QUALITY UNTIL THE SIGNAL GETS TOO WEAK FOR THE DECODER TO HANDLE, AT WHICH POINT RECEPTION STOPS ABRUPTLY AND THE CALL ƒ QST DE W1AW ‰ IS DROPPED. WITH AN ANALOG SIGNAL, RECEPTION GETS SCRATCHIER AS THE SIGNAL ‰ FROM PAGE 98 ‰ DJ5LE/342 DJ9WH/331 DK3PO/356 DK7YY/336 DS5 ‰ END OF 5 WPM TEXT ‰ QST DE W1AW ƒ