> I will almost always
> make it a point to work them (if I haven't already), and then politely
say,
> "Hey, by the way, I'm not sure if you were aware of it or not, but I
wanted
> to let you know that your signal is kind of wide - I think you might be
> hitting it a little hard - you are 20 over 9 on this frequency, but you
are
> 10 over down 2 kHz, and still above S/9 down 3 kHz" or whatever the case
> may be. I have to say - every time I have done this, the op has
appreciated
> it and has done something about it right away, which his neighbors on the
> band also appreciate profusely. (Sometimes I am one of them.)
>
Hello:
The biggest problem this presents in New England, aside from not being
able to find a run frequency because of all the splatter, is the European
stations firing up near your run frequency with the bad quality signal, and
rendering your run frequency unusable. The worst ones can trash plus/minus
5 Khz. If you call them IMMEDIATELY with the second VFO before they work
anyone, they will often move, but not always. The above WA2GO explanation
is I think a bit long, and when you go back to receive I think you'd just
hear their CQ. My favorite is "you are making big QRMexico". My experience
has been is that plenty of times they are not particularly interested in a
signal report, as they probably know darned well what they're doing. I
think this kind of thing contributes significantly to why most people prefer
CW. Maybe I'm old fashioned, but I set the controls where the manual says
to...
Stu KC1F
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