Posted by
k6dgw on
Mar 26, 2012; 8:29pm
URL: http://elecraft.85.s1.nabble.com/filters-and-contests-and-interference-question-opinions-tp7403392p7407469.html
On 3/26/2012 10:30 AM, Jim Brown wrote:
> A major reason is that when the station
> you're trying to work is so badly distorted that it's turned to mush and
> hard to copy, a narrower filter seems to make it even worse.
Well, that's a relief! I dabbled in the WPX SSB, S&P only, and figured
my inability to copy many signals was just because I am close to deaf.
Maybe they really *were* bad. Wider seemed to help intelligibility a
little, but the band was way too crowded for anything over about 2.0
KHz. I lost count of the number of stations I chose not to call because
I couldn't get the call sign.
First SSB contest with the P3 and monochrome waterfall [that I can
actually see :-) Thanks Alan]. The really distorted signals were
noticeably wider on the waterfall. CQ's from the DVK's were also a
problem ... heavily compressed, way too low a signal-to-bacground ratio,
and often unintelligible.
However, with QSO # still in single digits, I got the first of several
unsolicited, "Really clean and nice audio" reports. I've tested with a
couple of locals and they cannot tell the difference between live mic
and the K3DVR. I'm using the Heil Pro with electret element from
Elecraft and the K9YC recommended TX EQ settings. I need to find a
local with a K3 and trade stations to see what mine sounds like.
73,
Fred K6DGW
- Northern California Contest Club
- CU in the 2012 Cal QSO Party 6-7 Oct 2012
- www.cqp.org
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