[1000mp] Yaesu FT1000 Key Clicks

[Earl W Cunningham]

George, W5YR wrote:

"What are your thoughts about the effects of receiver bandwidth and IF
filter shape, et al upon the user's perception of clicks from another
station? I realize that this introduces another variable into the
situation:  the other op's receiver and his use of it. But, even when
ARRL Labs uses an r-f spectrum analyzer, the spectral plot they get is a
function of the receiver function of the SA and its settings."
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If you're using a spectrum analyzer, you must use a wide filter in the
receiver to see a wide spectrum.  A clean CW signal should only occupy
less than 0.5 kHz of BW at the, say, -60 dB points (or greater!).

If you're listening for key clicks, set the receiver to a narrow CW
filter.  For a clean CW signal, you should not hear any clicks outside of
the receiver's passband.

73, de Earl, K6SE