It is interesting that I hear all these great reports of how wonderful the (plug in your favorite radio here) receiver is for close channel separation and brick wall blah blah blah. Usually the vener
It's called defense. Some stations are more aggressive at it than others. _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.co
Have you checked your signal for key clicks and have you done the FT-1000 key click mods? If not, then that might be the reason. Tor N4OGW _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest m
It also may be that you aren't bothing them, but they are worried that the stations who might call them, who might not have as good of receivers, will be QRMed by you and pass them by as well. ______
there, how close can someone get on CW and not really bother your run? For me its 350hz. Inside that and it causes problems. If I hear 2 guys 700 - 900hz apart, I am slipping in between. You're makin
I enjoy CW contests a lot for this reason (there are others too). With my K3 and a 400hz 8-pole I can slip right in between like you mention. If someone does the same to me I can button down the hatc
One thing left out of the possible picture Ed is that some rigs have wide xmit signals (i.e., key clicks, spurs, etc). No matter how good your receiver's close-in performance is, a nearby station wit
Probably the MP. There is an unmodified 1000MP south of me, and I can't operate within 2 kHz of him even when he is barefoot. Some people are fine 300 Hz or 400 Hz away. Some people, even though bar
Ed, Several of the Super Multis that hang out at the bottom of the band use a certain brand of radio that, IMHO, doesn't deal with interference as well as other radios. As for relative loudness, the
its called THE CONTEST ask to qsy and you are ''ignored'or ''why should I", or ''go away",,,,thats why it is all about power and antennas,,,,,,,, it is the CONTEST joe w6vnr --Original Message-- ____
I got to use Elecraft K3's for the first time at the K9CT contest station last weekend. I had no trouble with stations 100 or 200 Hz away except for one station that had horrendous key clicks. I like