[Elecraft] Gurus

[Jim Brown]

Exactly right, Vic. A dirty rig, whether generating clicks or phase 
noise, is putting his trash on YOUR frequency. You are screwed by his 
choice of a lousy radio. And he doesn't care. I've got a neighbor like 
that.

73, Jim K9YC

On 6/9/2021 12:45 AM, Victor Rosenthal 4X6GP wrote:
> I live in a place where there is a ham with a legal limit rig and a big 
> beam less than 1 km. away. Antennas are line of sight. His signal 
> renders about 10-20 kHz of the (CW) band unusable, with lesser effects 
> extending out farther. He does not have clicks; it is phase noise (or 
> something like that).
> 
> I have experimented with attenuators and they have NO effect on the 
> apparent width of his signal. Therefore I conclude that the problem is 
> not in my receiver (K3, not S, upgraded synthesizers).
> 
> I don't know what kind of transceiver he is using, but I think more 
> attention needs to be paid to transmitter cleanliness, rather than to 
> continue the race for dynamic range.