[Elecraft] Tweak for phone?

[N2TK]

Don,
My rule of thumb is on CW use WIDTH and on SSB use HI CUT. That has worked
well in the pileups.
N2TK/NP2 (KP2M), Tony 

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[mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Don Wilhelm
Sent: Monday, March 09, 2009 9:48 AM
To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Tweak for phone?

I have a much easier time using HI CUT and LO CUT on SSB than attempting 
to use WIDTH and SHIFT.  Every time the width is changed, the center 
frequency must be changed as well to maintain intelligibility.  I use HI 
CUT to reduce the QRM coming in at a high audio frequency and then use 
LO CUT to reduce any low frequency trash.  Careful on using LO CUT 
because intelligibility can be quickly lost, but using these controls I 
can reduce the bandwidth to less than 1.5 kHz and still maintain 
intelligibility.
YMMV

73,
Don W3FPR


Barry N1EU wrote:
> W0MU Mike Fatchett wrote:
>   
>> I have the 1.8 filter and I will have to look for that sweet spot. 
>>
>>     
>
> Like K6LL, I found my sweet spot with FC=1.1Khz.  I went with width at 1.5
> or 1.7Khz all weekend.  
>
> I came up with one neat trick that I honed in the contest and that worked
> very well to pull out weak ssb dx with a loud neighbor in the passband
> (which happened VERY often).  I turn AGC off, AF Lim on 20-22, AF Gain @
25%
> (Heil Pro Set into headphone jack) and backed off RF Gain till the
offender
> wasn't driving audio into distortion.  Although the resulting audio level
> was quite low for the weak station, I was consistently able to pick him
out
> under the loud station.  It's amazing how quiet and clean the K3 sounds
when
> the gain is throttled in this manner.
>
> 73,
> Barry N1EU
>   
>
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