[Elecraft] Dirty signals was: K3 and Mutek Transverter combo?

[Jim Sheldon]

Gentlemen,
Those "rough" CW signals were caused by Aurora propagation.  There was a bit of it happening during the contest due to a rather strong Geomagnetic storm that happened just prior to the start of the contest.  Visible Aurora was actually seen as far south as Kansas!

W0EB

> I also heard a lot of rough CW signals in the VHF contest on 6
> meters, but they sounded like the effects of propagation to me.
> Sometimes I heard the same station with a clean signal when it was
> coming in loudly, and a rough signal when it weakened. These were
> signals from stations within the skip zone, so I think it was back
> scatter or a similar phenomenon. More distant signals propagated by
> E skip were clean.
>
> On 6/11/2013 8:12 AM, Dave Lankshear wrote:
>> From the number of filthy signals that appear in contest, I'd
>> wager that most of them are deliberately transmitted that way.
>> They act rather like a beacon to attract the S&P guys and also
>> are so much of a pest when chasing Dx that they are worked just
>> to clear the frequency.  I've heard the same callsigns that are
>> T9 when not contesting or Dx chasing, but pop up in contests etc.
>> with filthy T5 signals.  It's mostly deliberate.
>>
>>
>> Personally, I'd propose that any signals of T8 and worse should be
>> boycotted, but it would never work.
>>
>>
>> 73 Dave G3TJP