Reminds me of a true story of my dear grandmother. I came into the
house one day while she was on the telephone. She was almost hollering
at the top of her voice. After she finished, I asked "grandmother why
were you hollering?" She replied "I was talking long distance".
Seems as hams do the more often than not today. If they didn't hear you
the first time......then holler at the mike the next time. That's sure
to get their attention. If one hollers loud enough, neither will need
a radio.
73
Bob, K4TAX
On 6/14/2019 1:17 PM, David Gilbert wrote:
A few years ago I was working NAQP SSB and came across this guy who
was really loud but had such an overdriven signal nobody could copy
him. He kept calling CQ but nobody answered. I finally threw my
callsign out there and when he came back I told him he needed to back
off on the mic gain if he wanted to make any contacts. It took three
steps of backing down his gain to get him to reasonable copy. He was
over 10 db weaker but suddenly started running stations.
Cranking the knob to 11 is, as you say, totally counterproductive.
73,
Dave AB7E
On 6/14/2019 10:52 AM, Bob McGraw K4TAX wrote:
One of my major pet gripes for net control operators and contest
operators is the fact they believe turning things up a bit with the
thinking they will be heard a bit better When in fact they are
making their signal more difficult to copy. If their station sounds
good during SSB rag chew QSO's the the same settings should also be
good for contests, Field Day, and when a net control. The mentality
of turning things up a wee bit is just pure B. S.
Bob, K4TAX
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