[Elecraft] Compression and noise - was W2IHY 8 band equalizer and EQ Plus

[Jim Brown]

On Mon, 26 Apr 2010 21:24:09 -0400, John King wrote:

>I wonder about the impact on the
>Q-rate when the listeners (especially those whose native language is 
>other than English) have difficulty understanding the CQ loop.

And things seem to be getting worse with every contest. At least 10% of the 
SSB signals I hear are so badly processed that the audio is so badly 
distorted that I can't copy the call sign, even if I listen to it a dozen 
times. And yes, some of these lids consider themselves big guns. 

Several times in the last month or so, R1FJM has been spotted on 20M SSB. I'd 
like to work him, and I can hear him, but his audio is so awful I can't 
understand a word. If someone knows him, please tell him. 

73,

Jim K9YC