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

[Alan Bloom]

It's been going on for years.  Back in the 70's it was an open secret
that some big-gun contesters would intentionally overdrive their
amplifiers whenever they needed to clear out nearby QRM.

Alan N1AL


On Thu, 2012-09-13 at 20:57 -0700, Jim Brown wrote:
> 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
> 
> I believe that people like this should be publicly identified.  This is 
> poor sportsmanship at its worst, certainly no better than any other form 
> of cheating.
> 
> 73, Jim K9YC