Dave's suggestions are good ones, but having used a K3 for over 6,000 Qs in ARRL Phone from P49Y, I can say that they only go so far. You will still get splatter from close stations. The K3 is excellent at not creating digital artifacts due to nearby signals, but unfortunately a lot of the splatter you hear from nearby stations in a phone contest really is in your radio passband, and can't be eliminated by any setting of the controls on a K3 or any other radio. Note, it's also possible to run the DSP at a width as narrow a 1.6 kHz or so in extreme circumstances. Also consider backing off the RF gain at times. GL and 73, Andy, AE6Y. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Hachadorian" <k...@arrl.net> To: "Elecraft Reflector" <elecraft@mailman.qth.net>; "Manuel Pareja" <manolo.ea...@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 1:07 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] contest
> Preamp OFF, except on 10 and 15 meters. > Attenuator ON for 40, 80, 160 meters. > NB, NR OFF > High cut = 2.05 > > Dave Hachadorian, K6LL > Yuma, AZ > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Manuel Pareja" <manolo.ea...@gmail.com> > To: <Elecraft@mailman.qth.net> > Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 7:48 PM > Subject: [Elecraft] contest > > >> Hi, >> >> Any advise about operating skills for the next weekend >> overcrowded band's? >> how do you avoid splatters from very close station? >> >> 73 de Manolo EA7LL >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: >> http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
