ARRL SS

[Jim Danehy]

I got an opportunity to use my K2 this weekend. CW  Contests stir up a lot of CW activity. Excellent CW operating on display in the CW SS. I no longer compete. So the reason I get on is to look for FRIENDS.
When you do what I did today narrow filtering is detrimental to my goal. Work old friends. Tuning the K2 in its widest filter was desirable. I heard more.

I heard a Iot more with a wide pass band. I was separating stations that were CLOSE to each other. Well how do you do that without narrow filtering being used ?

First there is already some separation because you can’t separate zero beat stations. Second the differences these signals possess are the key. What are those differences ?

Well tonal is one. That is an acoustical term. Some people are tone deaf. Difficult for them to distinguish one tone from another if they are too close in frequency

Another difference is counter intuitive. That occurs when a weaker signal is easily copied when contrasted to a nearby stronger one. The strength DIFFERENCE is the distinguishing factor. That is a remarkable separation factor. But it works for many CW operators. It might sound boastful if I claimed I alone could do it.

Another significant factor is the speed of the characters being sent. That helps along with an acoustical difference and that weak versus loud in strength.

That is how many good ops scan for friends (or a multiplier) in a contest.
Open up your ELECTRONIC EARS. Don’t narrow them

I built my K2 eighteen years ago. I have traveled with it to the Caribbean too. See a photo of it under QRZ dot COM for VQ5FOC. Elecraft thought so much of the photo they have it in their gallery.  Gosh there I go again.

The folks at Elecraft have established a great brand. Now that is boastful. Well deserved too.

Live and learn just subscribe to a reflector where we can learn. Thanks to the folks at Elecraft. I hope they are safe from the fires.

W9VNE/VQ5FOC

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[k6dgw]

Old Sparks' trick for weak signals in noise ... remove the cans from
your head and lay them on the table next to the mill facing up.

73,
Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
Sparks NV DM09dn
Washoe County

On 11/3/2019 7:31 AM, Jim Danehy wrote:

> I got an opportunity to use my K2 this weekend. CW  Contests stir up a lot of CW activity. Excellent CW operating on display in the CW SS. I no longer compete. So the reason I get on is to look for FRIENDS.
> When you do what I did today narrow filtering is detrimental to my goal. Work old friends. Tuning the K2 in its widest filter was desirable. I heard more.
>
> I heard a Iot more with a wide pass band. I was separating stations that were CLOSE to each other. Well how do you do that without narrow filtering being used ?
>
> First there is already some separation because you can’t separate zero beat stations. Second the differences these signals possess are the key. What are those differences ?
>
> Well tonal is one. That is an acoustical term. Some people are tone deaf. Difficult for them to distinguish one tone from another if they are too close in frequency
>
> Another difference is counter intuitive. That occurs when a weaker signal is easily copied when contrasted to a nearby stronger one. The strength DIFFERENCE is the distinguishing factor. That is a remarkable separation factor. But it works for many CW operators. It might sound boastful if I claimed I alone could do it.
>
> Another significant factor is the speed of the characters being sent. That helps along with an acoustical difference and that weak versus loud in strength.
>
> That is how many good ops scan for friends (or a multiplier) in a contest.
> Open up your ELECTRONIC EARS. Don’t narrow them
>
> I built my K2 eighteen years ago. I have traveled with it to the Caribbean too. See a photo of it under QRZ dot COM for VQ5FOC. Elecraft thought so much of the photo they have it in their gallery.  Gosh there I go again.
>
> The folks at Elecraft have established a great brand. Now that is boastful. Well deserved too.
>
> Live and learn just subscribe to a reflector where we can learn. Thanks to the folks at Elecraft. I hope they are safe from the fires.
>
> W9VNE/VQ5FOC
>
>

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