I've had my K3 for about a year now, and for CW contests I typically use the 250 Hz 8-pole roofing filter (which is actually something over 300 Hz wide) and have the DSP set to 300 Hz. Key clicks hav
You might be right on that. Some others have mentioned the fact that you can 'get within 200 cycles' of another station and just keep on operating. What it that other station has a 400 or 500 cycle
Sorry, but I'm not going to feel bad about being able to slot into a narrower window than someone else. Where would you draw the line? Lots of folks don't even have a narrow filter, and lots of folks
"...You might be right on that. Some others have mentioned the fact that you can 'get within 200 cycles' of another station and just keep on operating. What it that other station has a 400 or 500 cyc
There are several popular radios that generate significant key clicks. I know one of the major perpetrators was the FT1000. I had one and am embarrassed to say that I used it for several years in con
Just because you can doesn't mean that you should. If you have higher power, big stacks, tighter filters still doesn't mean you can plop down on a strong station and drive him away, does it? What hap
So I'll ask again ... how close is "ungentlemanly"? How far away should I stay? I'm serious ... pick a number and then tell us how many QSOs that would allow at the same time on any band. For what it
and many of us are still limited to wire antennas.. and verticals.. and hidden antennas, and no amount of money will fix that, in some cases. So.. in this time, when we are all looking for more conta
While you may be able to get within 200 Hz of the next run station with your shiny K3, don't forget that the guy on the other end probably doesn't have one. He has to be able to copy you, too. Barry
Except there is no evidence that there are "fewer and fewer contestants" in HF contesting; quite the reverse actually. We're not just seeing record scores and record participation in the big internat
Very true, but geography and propagation make that a pretty muddled picture. In most DX contests where I'm trying to run Europe in the morning on 20m from here in Arizona, my biggest problem is tryin
<snip> I mostly agree, with the following limiting factor: as the slots get narrower, chaos caused by off frequency callers starts reining supreme. -Steve K8LX _______________________________________
Just as a data point, I notice a *significant* reduction in rate when other stations move in within my 500Hz IF window. A small part of it is because of receiver issues on my end -- my not-totally-cr