[Elecraft] DSP Noise Reduction and contesting

[Fred Jensen]

Very good point Tony.  I'm 95% CW, and the 5% SSB is nearly always 
chasing someone who is activating a SOTA summit and is weak at the 
noise.  I'd say "I don't use the NR," but the truth is, I usually can't 
make it work.  It's hit or miss with few hits that actually work [not 
unlike my marksmanship with my service .45 on the qualification range]. 
  The ADJ gives me 32 discrete combinations of 3 "somethings."  I know 
the F1-F4 are 100% NR and F5-F8 mix in some unprocessed audio although I 
don't know what that does, and I don't know what the F's themselves or 
the 4 "levels" within each F do.

It's similar to my wife asking me, "It wants to compact the folders, 
what should I do?"  I learned -- the hard way -- that "What should I 
do?" does *not* mean, "Explain why folders need to be compacted every 
now and then, how it is done, and how to decide."  The answer to her 
question is, "Yes. dear."

One knob, increasingly aggressive processing when turned in a clockwise 
direction, would be great.

73,

Fred K6DGW
- Northern California Contest Club
- CU in the 2013 Cal QSO Party 5-6 Oct 2013
- www.cqp.org

On 11/7/2012 4:28 AM, N2TK, Tony wrote:

> My NR standard is still Icom. It is simple to use - one knob.