[Elecraft] Amsterdam Island, was: KPA500 Clicks

[Bob]

"Strangely, it's about that wide, although a bit sparser, when he's
transmitting too"

No kidding!  It is like 95% of the world is transmitting in the blind.  And
I'm going to be hearing "up, up, up" in my sleep for days.

The ops do have great ears and great gear.  I'm very impressed with signal
levels on 30/20/17 so far.

73, Bob, WB4SON


On Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 9:16 PM, Bill Frantz <frantz at pwpconsult.com> wrote:

> On 1/26/14 at 4:37 PM, k6dgw at foothill.net (Fred Jensen) wrote:
>
>  FT5ZM is S9 [i.e. -73dBm, I calibrated my K3 with my service monitor] on
>> 14023 here in Auburn CA [No Cal] right now.  Pileup is only about 30KHz
>> wide.  Strangely, it's about that wide, although a bit sparser, when he's
>> transmitting too. :-)  I understand they're running Elecraft gear, or at
>> least a lot of it.
>>
>
> That explains the strange looking stuff I was seeing on my P3 while
> working PSK on 20M. :-) What a pileup! (I'm continuing to try to fight my
> CW above 8 WPM so I can play in that ballpark.)
>
> BTW, I normally run the P3 covering a wide span when running PSK, because
> I can see the detail on the computer waterfall and sometimes find a PSK
> station way outside the normal range with the P3.
>
> Cheers - Bill
>
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