[Elecraft] DSP and CW?

[Chris Kantarjiev]

> > So ... would AF or DSP help me in this situation? The noise blanker
> > doesn't seem to do much good for the noise sources my neighbors provide.
> 
> You will get some different answers on this!

That's why I asked :-)

My narrowest crystal filter is "0.20" and is plenty narrow for
isolating signals from noise. As you say, the pitch sometimes gets a
little confused, and the signal reduced, so I don't find it useful
for really weak signals. I'm not really interested in reducing 
the bandwidth further.

In this particular case, the noise level was low enough that I had 
no activity on my S meter ... from the station or the noise :-) 
What I'm trying to discern is if the DSP will help cut some of
the broad spectrum QRN/QRM that I hear around here.

(I'm also happy to hear from KAF2 fans, especially since it's cheaper!)

I admit that I forgot to try a wider filter (I was using 0.40) to
see if I could hear Guam more clearly. I know that trick and sometimes
it works for me.

Later, when people woke up, I was getting S3 QRM and there was no
hope of hearing really weak signals. That's an entirely different thing!

73,
chris