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Manolo.EA7LL

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Hi,

Any advise about operating skills for the next weekend overcrowded band's?
how do you avoid splatters from very close station?

73 de Manolo EA7LL
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Dave Hachadorian

Re: contest

Preamp OFF, except on 10 and 15 meters.
Attenuator ON for 40, 80, 160 meters.
NB, NR OFF
High cut = 2.05

Dave Hachadorian, K6LL
Yuma, AZ

----- Original Message -----
From: "Manuel Pareja" <[hidden email]>
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Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 7:48 PM
Subject: [Elecraft] contest

> Hi,
>
> Any advise about operating skills for the next weekend
> overcrowded band's?
> how do you avoid splatters from very close station?
>
> 73 de Manolo EA7LL
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Andy Faber

Re: contest

Dave's suggestions are good ones, but having used a K3 for over 6,000 Qs in
ARRL Phone from P49Y, I can say that they only go so far. You will still
get splatter from close stations. The K3 is excellent at not creating
digital artifacts due to nearby signals, but unfortunately a lot of the
splatter you hear from nearby stations in a phone contest really is in your
radio passband, and can't be eliminated by any setting of the controls on a
K3 or any other radio.
Note, it's also possible to run the DSP at a width as narrow a 1.6 kHz or
so in extreme circumstances. Also consider backing off the RF gain at times.
GL and 73, Andy, AE6Y.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Hachadorian" <[hidden email]>
To: "Elecraft Reflector" <[hidden email]>; "Manuel Pareja"
<[hidden email]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 1:07 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] contest

> Preamp OFF, except on 10 and 15 meters.
> Attenuator ON for 40, 80, 160 meters.
> NB, NR OFF
> High cut = 2.05
>
> Dave Hachadorian, K6LL
> Yuma, AZ
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Manuel Pareja" <[hidden email]>
> To: <[hidden email]>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 7:48 PM
> Subject: [Elecraft] contest
>
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Any advise about operating skills for the next weekend
>> overcrowded band's?
>> how do you avoid splatters from very close station?
>>
>> 73 de Manolo EA7LL
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David Gilbert

Re: K3 contest passband

Everyone's ears are different, but I used a DSP passband of 1.1 KHz for
most of the 2,200 QSOs I made in the 2009 CQ WPX SSB contest (roofing
filter was 8-pole 1.5 KHz). I don't remember how far I had to shift the
center frequency, but I think it was down to about 0.85 or 0.90 KHz. It
definitely helped, but if the splatter is inside your passband (and
unfortunately much of it is) nothing will make a significant difference
other than maybe taking the time to tell the guy above or below you that
he has a dirty signal (which I did twice) and hope that he backs off the
gain or compression (which happened once).

73,
Dave AB7E

Andrew Faber wrote:

> Dave's suggestions are good ones, but having used a K3 for over 6,000 Qs in
> ARRL Phone from P49Y, I can say that they only go so far. You will still
> get splatter from close stations. The K3 is excellent at not creating
> digital artifacts due to nearby signals, but unfortunately a lot of the
> splatter you hear from nearby stations in a phone contest really is in your
> radio passband, and can't be eliminated by any setting of the controls on a
> K3 or any other radio.
> Note, it's also possible to run the DSP at a width as narrow a 1.6 kHz or
> so in extreme circumstances. Also consider backing off the RF gain at times.
> GL and 73, Andy, AE6Y.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dave Hachadorian" <[hidden email]>
> To: "Elecraft Reflector" <[hidden email]>; "Manuel Pareja"
> <[hidden email]>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 1:07 PM
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] contest
>
>
>
>> Preamp OFF, except on 10 and 15 meters.
>> Attenuator ON for 40, 80, 160 meters.
>> NB, NR OFF
>> High cut = 2.05
>>
>> Dave Hachadorian, K6LL
>> Yuma, AZ
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Manuel Pareja" <[hidden email]>
>> To: <[hidden email]>
>> Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 7:48 PM
>> Subject: [Elecraft] contest
>>
>>
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Any advise about operating skills for the next weekend
>>> overcrowded band's?
>>> how do you avoid splatters from very close station?
>>>
>>> 73 de Manolo EA7LL

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