I agree totally! Not more than about 100 Hz away from zero beat,
though. While I use a 350 Hz bandwidth most of the time, the filter in
my head is much narrower than that, so I can copy weak signals much more
easily closer to the center of my passband, unless I have time to tune
the RIT.
73,
Scott K9MA
On 12/9/2025 3:29 PM, Jim McCook wrote:
My belief is that the worst thing a caller can do in a contest is call
the other station zero beat with him. Not far away, but a reasonable
distance either side of zero beat within a normal passband, depending
on the contest participation. The exception, of course, would be if
there were only one caller. Too often a spot is the zero beat
frequency, so the caller clicks on that frequency and calls the DX,
which creates chaos in a contest. The best way to make the contact in
a contest is to call _off_ zero beat, which helps other callers hear
the DX. It's hard for the DX when he can tell the callers are QRMing
each other and can't hear him. Jim
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