Dirty signals was: K3 and Mutek Transverter combo?

[DaveL G3TJP]

From the number of filthy signals that appear in contest, I'd wager that
most of them are deliberately transmitted that way.  They act rather like a
beacon to attract the S&P guys and also are so much of a pest when chasing
Dx that they are worked just to clear the frequency.  I've heard the same
callsigns that are T9 when not contesting or Dx chasing, but pop up in
contests etc. with filthy T5 signals.  It's mostly deliberate.

 

Personally, I'd propose that any signals of T8 and worse should be
boycotted, but it would never work.

 

73 Dave G3TJP

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[Vic Rosenthal]

I also heard a lot of rough CW signals in the VHF contest on 6 meters, but they sounded
like the effects of propagation to me. Sometimes I heard the same station with a clean
signal when it was coming in loudly, and a rough signal when it weakened.
These were signals from stations within the skip zone, so I think it was back scatter or a
similar phenomenon. More distant signals propagated by E skip were clean.

On 6/11/2013 8:12 AM, Dave Lankshear wrote:

>  From the number of filthy signals that appear in contest, I'd wager that
> most of them are deliberately transmitted that way.  They act rather like a
> beacon to attract the S&P guys and also are so much of a pest when chasing
> Dx that they are worked just to clear the frequency.  I've heard the same
> callsigns that are T9 when not contesting or Dx chasing, but pop up in
> contests etc. with filthy T5 signals.  It's mostly deliberate.
>
>  
>
> Personally, I'd propose that any signals of T8 and worse should be
> boycotted, but it would never work.
>
>  
>
> 73 Dave G3TJP

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Fresno CA
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[Jim Sheldon]

Gentlemen,
Those "rough" CW signals were caused by Aurora propagation.  There was a bit of it happening during the contest due to a rather strong Geomagnetic storm that happened just prior to the start of the contest.  Visible Aurora was actually seen as far south as Kansas!

W0EB

> I also heard a lot of rough CW signals in the VHF contest on 6
> meters, but they sounded like the effects of propagation to me.
> Sometimes I heard the same station with a clean signal when it was
> coming in loudly, and a rough signal when it weakened. These were
> signals from stations within the skip zone, so I think it was back
> scatter or a similar phenomenon. More distant signals propagated by
> E skip were clean.
>
> On 6/11/2013 8:12 AM, Dave Lankshear wrote:
>> From the number of filthy signals that appear in contest, I'd
>> wager that most of them are deliberately transmitted that way.
>> They act rather like a beacon to attract the S&P guys and also
>> are so much of a pest when chasing Dx that they are worked just
>> to clear the frequency.  I've heard the same callsigns that are
>> T9 when not contesting or Dx chasing, but pop up in contests etc.
>> with filthy T5 signals.  It's mostly deliberate.
>>
>>
>> Personally, I'd propose that any signals of T8 and worse should be
>> boycotted, but it would never work.
>>
>>
>> 73 Dave G3TJP

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[Jim Sheldon]

Gentlemen,
Those "rough" CW signals were caused by Aurora propagation.  There was a bit of it happening during the contest due to a rather strong Geomagnetic storm that happened just prior to the start of the contest.  Visible Aurora was actually seen as far south as Kansas!

W0EB

> I also heard a lot of rough CW signals in the VHF contest on 6
> meters, but they sounded like the effects of propagation to me.
> Sometimes I heard the same station with a clean signal when it was
> coming in loudly, and a rough signal when it weakened. These were
> signals from stations within the skip zone, so I think it was back
> scatter or a similar phenomenon. More distant signals propagated by
> E skip were clean.
>
> On 6/11/2013 8:12 AM, Dave Lankshear wrote:
>> From the number of filthy signals that appear in contest, I'd
>> wager that most of them are deliberately transmitted that way.
>> They act rather like a beacon to attract the S&P guys and also
>> are so much of a pest when chasing Dx that they are worked just
>> to clear the frequency.  I've heard the same callsigns that are
>> T9 when not contesting or Dx chasing, but pop up in contests etc.
>> with filthy T5 signals.  It's mostly deliberate.
>>
>>
>> Personally, I'd propose that any signals of T8 and worse should be
>> boycotted, but it would never work.
>>
>>
>> 73 Dave G3TJP

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[Raymond Sills]

HI Jim:

Hmmm... I had not considered aurora, a real possibility.  When I heard  
the "rough" CW signals, it was late in the contest, around 7PM or so  
EDST.

73 de Ray
K2ULR


On Jun 11, 2013, at 11:37 AM, Jim Sheldon wrote:

> Gentlemen,
> Those "rough" CW signals were caused by Aurora propagation.  There  
> was a bit of it happening during the contest due to a rather strong  
> Geomagnetic storm that happened just prior to the start of the  
> contest.  Visible Aurora was actually seen as far south as Kansas!
>
> W0EB

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