I agree with that, it seems to me, lately, MANY people on the air are generating a lot of splatter. Often, the received signal looks ok (sometimes not), the audio sounds very good, but tune off frequency and they are generating artifacts way out.
I see other people overmodulating, others with under 50% mod, people 2 kc off frequency, etc. On 40 meters, we often ran 5 Kc spacing, groups on 7295, 7290, 7285, and I did not hear the other guys with a 5.5Kc filter. Now, I often hear the people on 7285 on 7295. A lot of the people have been around a long time, so I am not sure what is up, extreme hifi not doing well through the transmitter? I myself cant even think about operating without the mod monitor and pep reading watt meter, its like driving at night without headlights! Brett N2DTS > Unfortunately, very few hams use scopes as modulation > monitors anymore. > They have become so unpopular that the major transceiver > manufacturers no > longer include monitor scopes in their equipment line, and > haven't done so > for years. I suppose the new breed of ham finds oscilloscope > patterns too > complicated to understand. No wonder there are so many > trashy signals on > the air. > > Don K4KYV > >
