And - do not underestimate the ability of your brain to act as a CW
"filter".
When I was doing EME on six meters (using CW) - I found using SSB
bandwidths made it easier to copy the weak signal.
You can hear a few recordings of EME signals with SSB bandwidths here:
http://www.kkn.net/n6tr/sixeme.html
73 Tree N6TR
On Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 5:58 AM, Tom W8JI <w8ji@w8ji.com> wrote:
> I'd like to know whether it's ever been established that some very talented
>> hams can out-hear the best SDRs and/or DSP available. Can a skilled
>> ear-brain combo (such as some highly-skilled and talented 160 meter
>> contesters) beat state-of-the art digital signal processing when it comes
>> to copying the very weakest of signals buried in the noise?
>>
>
> Excluding time-synchronized signal processing methods, I've never found
> any DSP system do better or do more than an analog system in signal
> readabilitly.
>
> They are really just different methods of doing the same thing analog
> systems can do.
>
> I actually find DSP detector systems inhibit my ability to "hear" or copy
> noise floor signals in rough noise. I'm not sure why that is, but it is
> more difficult for me to piece together a signal that is in the noise when
> it has been detected in a DSP system.
>
> I normally set my K3's so DSP filtering is wider than the analog filter at
> filter switch in, so I can change the DSP bandwidth from wider than any
> analog filter down to the DSP being narrower, but I still think analog
> detection is much better for signals below the level of rough noise.
>
> 73 Tom
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