[Elecraft] Is there a reason the receive is so Skinny

[Phil Wheeler]

I've seen far more boring ones, Wes. At least this 
guy has a dog and knows Cobal ... and has an 
admirable profit motive :-)

73, Phil

On 4/27/14, 7:43 PM, Wes (N7WS) wrote:
> So what digital mode do you think is "best"?
>
> PSK-31 maybe, where the proponents mistakenly 
> believe that you don't need decent antennas or 
> more than 10W to send brag files that put a 
> normal human being to sleep?
>
>    "Hello my good friend Wes.  It is a pleasure 
> to QSO you this first time.  My
>    name is Jose and I was created in December 
> 1960.  My dog's name is Poochsito
>    and my locator is El10jh. The equipment here 
> is an Elecraft K3-10 with the
>    built-in tuner and the 8-pole 2.8 KHz filter, 
> running 8.65 W to a wet noodle
>    antenna up 6.5 meters and fed with 30.33 
> meters of RG8X. Computer is a
>    10GHz 8-core POS with 32Gb ram running a 
> patched version of Cobal...
>    Interface is an ABC Technology Turbo 29 with 
> the Gigabyte accelerator chip.    Audio is fed 
> to the Turbo 29 via Monster Cable SuperFlex HCOF 
> with
>    gold-plated connectors. Ham Radio Deluxe is 
> used because it is way too
>    complicated for the average ham and makes we 
> holier-than-thou operators feel
>    superior. Well OM... was my pleasure to QSO 
> you. I QSL100 percent via eQSL
>    after receipt of $10 US via Paypal. I wish 
> you good health and happiness in
>    2014 and want to take this opportunity to 
> wish you and your family a
>    wonderful Christmas and a Happy 2015.  73s AR 
> N7WS de XE3BS SK SK SK... QSO
>    No 456 logged 04/27/2014 0222Z."
>
>
> That digital mode?
>
>
>
> On 4/27/2014 4:02 PM, XE3/K5ENS via Elecraft wrote:
>> Only because of the need for speed not because 
>> it's the best digital mode.
>>
>> Keith