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

Jan Erik Holm sm2ekm at bdtv.se
Fri Sep 14 04:23:44 EDT 2012


On 2012-09-14 01:00, 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
 >
Nothing new under the sun. It´s been around for decades. There are even
contest stations that puts their amplifiers in class C on SSB and I´m
not talking about small amps but things in the 5 - 10 kW region.

/ Jim SM2EKM




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