[Elecraft] K4 Field Day report

[rocketnj at gmail.com]

And if memory serves, it was around 08:30 Eastern yesterday on 14.080

Dave wo2x


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To: Dave <rocketnj at gmail.com>
Cc: David Gilbert <xdavid at cis-broadband.com>; elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K4 Field Day report

PIE or MIE ? I was at W3MIE, IC-7300, very little ALC deflection, but would
sure like to know if it was us....

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> On Jun 24, 2019, at 4:05 PM, Dave <rocketnj at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> W3PIE on 14.080 FT8 was splattering prettybad yesterday morning. Spikes up
and down the passband. Surely an overdrive issue with audio levels.
> 
> Dave wo2x
> 
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>> On Jun 24, 2019, at 3:09 PM, David Gilbert <xdavid at cis-broadband.com>
wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> There isn't a rig on the planet that will take out actual splatter,
although you MIGHT be able to filter out some of it at audio depending upon
the offender's voice characteristics.  If the trash is truly within your
passband at RF you are going to hear it.
>> 
>> Most of that occurs due to sheer ignorance on the part of the operator,
but the sad thing is that there are hams out there who will intentionally
overdrive their rigs in order to create "elbow room" for themselves.  On CW
they do it with fast rise times to generate key clicks.  I've seen posts
from guys who admit doing it.
>> 
>> 73,
>> Dave   AB7E
>> 
>> 
>>> On 6/24/2019 11:44 AM, Mark Goldberg wrote:
>>> I'd be interested to hear how it does in the presence of close in 
>>> strong signals, especially SSB. I was operating a KX3 on SSB in 
>>> close frequency to someone that was far away, but they had all the 
>>> knobs up to 11 and was maybe S9+20 and about 10 kHz wide with lots 
>>> of splatter. I could hear anyone that came back to me but I 
>>> eventually abandoned the frequency because most could not hear me. 
>>> 20 SSB was wall to wall with someone about every 1.5 kHz or closer.
>>> 
>>> 73,
>>> 
>>> Mark
>> 
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