[Elecraft] [K3] Phase Noise / CW Key Clicks

[David Gilbert]

I too have heard such comments.  My fervent hope is that someday someone 
will write a piece of SDR software that quantifies such things by 
callsign during a contest, and then posts the results to a web site 
afterward.  I'm pretty certain that it's technically feasible right now 
to do so, at least for CW.  Isolate a callsign just like CW Skimmer does 
when decoding text, and then look for surrounding bursts of spectral 
energy that track the main signal.

Dave   AB7E


On 9/13/2012 4:00 PM, Al Lorona wrote:
> I once spoke to a nationally-known, "Big Gun" contester who felt that the phase
> noise and key click sidebands generated by his station were an asset because
> they cleared a "guard band" around his signal since other stations had to stay
> away. He felt no motivation at all to clean up his signal. I don't know how many
> other big guns share this philosophy but my acquaintance can't be the only one.
>
> Al  W6LX
>