[Elecraft] K4 Field Day report

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We were on cw then...l

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> On Jun 24, 2019, at 6:14 PM, rocketnj at gmail.com wrote:
> 
> And if memory serves, it was around 08:30 Eastern yesterday on 14.080
> 
> Dave wo2x
> 
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> Sent: Monday, June 24, 2019 5:03 PM
> 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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