Jim is right. Bad form. Some of the worst offenders I hear on the air are
actually overseas or even Dexpedition stations running contest.
Best regards - Bry Carling
> On Jul 7, 2014, at 7:56 AM, "Bob McGraw - K4TAX" <RMcGraw@Blomand.net> wrote:
>
> Not only is transmitting with key clicks in bad form, it is in violation of
> FCC regulations regarding purity of transmission.
>
> In case folks haven't noticed, the FCC is monitoring the ham bands and they
> are sending letters of notice of violation. Here in the state of TN, records
> indicate that some 10 hams, for various reasons, have received these since
> the 1st of this year.
>
> 73
> Bob, K4TAX
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Brown" <k9yc@audiosystemsgroup.com>
> To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec@contesting.com>
> Cc: <k9yc@arrl.net>
> Sent: Monday, July 07, 2014 12:07 AM
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] On Noisy Transmitters
>
>
>>> On 7/6/2014 4:17 PM, Brian Carling wrote:
>>> That's normal for Icom. Actually a little clicking helps attract attention
>>> in contests.
>>
>> And VERY bad sportsmanship -- like running a race with your arms flailing
>> your competitors. I have a guy near me -- KE1B -- who runs a 7600 into a big
>> amp and big antennas about 8 miles from me. He typically wipes out 10-20 kHz
>> of whatever band he's on on CW.
>>
>> By contrast, K6XX runs K3s into tube amps, and is three miles away. We can
>> work 500 Hz apart and barely know the other is there.
>>
>> 73, Jim K9YC
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