It's been going on for years. Back in the 70's it was an open secret that some big-gun contesters would intentionally overdrive their amplifiers whenever they needed to clear out nearby QRM.
Alan N1AL On Thu, 2012-09-13 at 20:57 -0700, Jim Brown wrote: > On 9/13/2012 4:00 PM, Al Lorona wrote: > > I once spoke to a nationally-known, "Big Gun" contester who felt that the > > phase > > noise and key click sidebands generated by his station were an asset because > > they cleared a "guard band" around his signal since other stations had to > > stay > > away. He felt no motivation at all to clean up his signal. I > > I believe that people like this should be publicly identified. This is > poor sportsmanship at its worst, certainly no better than any other form > of cheating. > > 73, Jim K9YC ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
