[Elecraft] K3 in Very Heavy DQRM on 40M CW......

[Gary K9GS]

I heard both of your QSOs Wes.  I worked them right after you at 0416Z

Congratulations!

They had a great signal on 40 and also 30M a few hours earlier.



On 2/4/2016 10:55 PM, Wes (N7WS) wrote:
> All the selectivity in the world wouldn't help when the a**hole EU was 
> keying and swishing his VFO at about 0200Z tonight.
>
> I finally worked them at 0401Z but wasn't sure because of QRM on their 
> freq.  So I kept calling and worked them again for sure at 0414Z.  
> Inverted V, apex at 45', K3S/KPA500.  Slot number 14.
>
>
>
> On 2/4/2016 6:04 PM, W5RDW wrote:
>> I thought I would try VP8SGI this evening on 40M, since I had not 
>> tried 40
>> due to the horrible DQRM almost every night on their TX frequency. 
>> They were
>> pretty loud tonight here in NTx (10-15 dB above noise floor). I use a 
>> Delta
>> Loop at 50 feet. A DQRM was "almost" zero beat on their frequency and 
>> 20 to
>> 30 dB louder than them, making it near impossible to copy them. And 
>> to top
>> it off, there were also a few signals very near their Tx frequency 
>> also. I
>> cranked the K3 filter down as far as it would go (50Hz) and tuned the 
>> VFO A
>> just ever so slightly to maximize the SGI copy and throw a few dB more
>> rejection on the DQRM. After a few seconds, I could copy him clearly 
>> to make
>> the contact.
>>
>> This was the first time I have had to use that much filtering to make a
>> contact!
>>
>
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