[Elecraft] FIELD DAY PREP

[Tox]

I've started sending discreet emails to ft8 ops who are overdriving
and including screenshots, trying to make clear "it isn't the power,
you're overdriving". There isn't a well-known public resource to
provide that kind of feedback today. I've considered setting up an sdr
dongle and toolchain for 20m as a resource for stations in the San
Jose area.

(Ideally, I'd set up a second one at someone else's place so I can
clean up my own output!)

Scott
AD6YT

On Fri, Jun 14, 2019 at 11:18 AM David Gilbert <xdavid at cis-broadband.com> wrote:
>
>
> A few years ago I was working NAQP SSB and came across this guy who was
> really loud but had such an overdriven signal nobody could copy him.  He
> kept calling CQ but nobody answered.  I finally threw my callsign out
> there and when he came back I told him he needed to back off on the mic
> gain if he wanted to make any contacts.  It took three steps of backing
> down his gain to get him to reasonable copy. He was over 10 db weaker
> but suddenly started running stations.
>
> Cranking the knob to 11 is, as you say, totally counterproductive.
>
> 73,
> Dave  AB7E
>
>
>
> On 6/14/2019 10:52 AM, Bob McGraw K4TAX wrote:
> > One of my major pet gripes for net control operators and contest operators is the fact they believe turning things up a bit with the thinking they will be heard a bit better    When in fact they are making their signal more difficult to copy.   If their station sounds good during SSB rag chew QSO's the the same settings should also be good for contests, Field Day, and when a net control.  The mentality of turning things up a wee bit is just pure B. S.
> >
> > Bob, K4TAX
> >
> >
>
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