[Elecraft] Field Day Operation

[David Gilbert]

Of course a K3 can generate bad FT8 signals if you drive the audio hard 
enough, but I guarantee that it can be easily done with a TS-590S as 
well.  You just didn't do it right.

Dave   AB7E


On 7/8/2023 7:22 AM, Andy Durbin wrote:
> Just a few comments on dirty signals and the rigs that can, if badly adjusted, produce them.
>
> I've been using a Kenwood TS-590S for about 10 years.  I was asked to give a couple of digital modes presentations to the local club .  I was seeing so many foul JT65, and now FT8 signals, that I wanted to use my TS-590S to produce bad signal examples and show the operator errors that caused them.  I tried everything I knew and could not make my TS-590 produce anything but a clean signal.  I had to resort to my library of screen captures of other station's signals for my presentation.
>
> On the other hand, one of the worst FT8 signals I ever saw was transmitted by a very experienced local operator using a K3.  He fixed the problem as soon as he saw my screen shots.
>
> Just because someone told you the K3 is the best rig ever made does not mean it can't produce some really nasty signals!
>
> Andy, k3wyc