On Sat, 21 Jan 2012 08:07:39 -0500 Eddy Swynar <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Unfortunately, VE1ZZ has a terrible signal with key >>clicks out to over1kHz > Hi Roger, > > Sez who...? > > Jack's keying may well be a tad on the hard side, but >his signal HARDLY emits "...key clicks out to over 1 KHz > G'day Gentlemen, I don't think it is "branding" when pointing out a problem with someone's signal. It happens to all of us and we need to know when our signal is not right. N4IS called me once that I had two weak spurs about 3 kHz from my carrier. I could not detect them at all on my second RX, or see them on my spectrum analyzer. We started troubleshooting and soon found the problem: two burned out resistors in the K3's PA. (Resistors in the feedback loop can burn out and cuase the bias circuit to oscillate -- K3 owners please be aware!) Another time, I was really insenced at this strong station with very storng clicky signals, just to find out that I did not have my AGC set correctly and the clix were generated in my own RX! Ooops! Good that I checked first before making a comment. I have also heard, however, during a contest, a station with strong clicks he normally did not have. Deliberate? Perhaps to keep "his" running frequency clean? Perhaps he has just turned his drive a tad too high in the excitement. Pointing the clix out to him should not hurt his feelings, I recon. We get all kinds of reasons for poor signals and the sooner we let each other know the better. The band is a precious and limited resource, we need to keep it clean. I sure will not be upset if somebody lets me know! Of course, intentional jamming, that is an entirely different subject, but... 73, George, AA7JV _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK
