Would sending "5NNK OH" be enough to catch their attention? Just so you're
not a DX station running 100 watts in ARRL DX ;-)
Though this would mean working the guy. I remember deliberately not calling a
clicking VE3 in WPX. Don't know if I may have worked him later on.
73 - Jim K8MR
-----Original Message-----
From: S57AD <mirko.s57ad@gmail.com>
To: Randy Thompson <k5zd@outlook.com>
Cc: CQ-Contest Reflector <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Sent: Fri, Jun 5, 2020 8:51 am
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Key Clicks
Occasionally I warned some guys the have bad clicks. In most cases they
retort "I use first class radio, the fault is on your receiver." So I garee
radios (especially first class ones9 should be addresses for having bad
clicks.
73, Mirko, S57AD
V V pet., 5. jun. 2020 ob 03:01 je oseba Randy Thompson <k5zd@outlook.com>
napisala:
> I understand the reluctance to call out other people by name, but calling
> out radios is something that needs to happen. Only by shaming the
> manufacturers will we start to make this problem visible and support the
> clean radios over the dirty ones.
>
> The real problem with poor quality signals is that they are asymmetrical.
> I.e., the problem is bad for the neighbors, but good for the person with
> the bad signal (they get a clearer frequency). There is no motivation for
> the bad guys to get better... unless we start calling them out on it.
>
> Randy K5ZD
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: CQ-Contest <cq-contest-bounces+k5zd=outlook.com@contesting.com> On
> Behalf Of Jim McCook
> Sent: Thursday, June 4, 2020 6:31 PM
> To: CQ-Contest Reflector <cq-contest@contesting.com>
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Key Clicks
>
> I purposefully avoided naming the radios that I noticed had the clicks. I
> think people should discuss that off line. I can only say I agree with
> your comments, Jim. This problem was mentioned again by Rob Sherwood in a
> recent webinar, and it clearly needs attention by the manufacturers. I
> also noticed extreme clicks years ago with early Flex models, but they
> quickly cleared that up. Even setting the default to 6ms or more by the
> manufacturers would be a big help, since it seems most people don't change
> that setting. Hot switching with older amps with slow relays can be a
> major click problem, too. Jim
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