The ARRL is listening! I actually noticed the key click situation first hand in
the CQ WPX contest last weekend, and I agree it's an issue. It's worse than I
ever remember it being for a long time.
I will personally take this issue to the ARRL Board Programs and Services
committee when we next meet. I agree there has to be language in the ARRL
Contest rules that clarify what is not acceptable for all modes! I've heard
splattering 10 kHz wide signals on SSB in contests too.
(BTW, I have my Yaesu FT-2000 set to 6 ms, the slowest CW rise time available
in the software, and my FT-1000D has the "key click mod!)
73;
Mike, W7VO
Director, ARRL NW Division
> On June 6, 2020 at 12:14 PM donovanf@starpower.net wrote:
>
>
> Hi Rob,
>
>
> As far as I'm aware, ARRL is completely silent when it comes to
> excessive bandwidth signals by participants in their contests.
>
>
>
> CQWW contest directors talk a good game, but its not clear that they
> actually enforce their excessive bandwidth rules. Perhaps they do...
>
>
> For example, from the CQWW DX and WPX contest rules:
>
>
> 5. Signals with excessive bandwidth (e.g., splatter, clicks) or harmonics on
> other bands
>
>
> 73
> Frank
> W3LPL
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
> From: "Rob Sherwood." <rob@nc0b.com>
> To: donovanf@starpower.net
> Sent: Saturday, June 6, 2020 6:58:23 PM
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] WPX CW Signal Quality Concerns
>
>
> Hi Frank,
>
> I had no idea contest directors paid attention to any signal quality issues.
>
> Rob
> NC0B
>
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
>
>
> On Jun 6, 2020, at 12:37 PM, "donovanf@starpower.net"
> <donovanf@starpower.net> wrote:
>
>
>
>
> <blockquote>
>
>
> That's an excellent step forward Bud. There's no excuse for intentional
> key clicks but that's exactly the place where the Japanese manufacturers
> have intentionally put us in 2020.
>
>
> The current generation of Japanese transceivers are making key click
> problems much worse than before. Our only hope is that contest
> sponsors improve their rules and enforce them against contesters
> taking advantage of the fast CW rise time menu options in their radios.
>
>
> Manufacturers are completely irresponsible with their 4 millisecond
> default CW rise times and egregiously irresponsible with menus
> options that allow users to select 1 and 2 millisecond rise times.
>
>
>
>
> Kenwood and Yaesu provide completely unacceptable 1 and 2
> millisecond rise time menu options and Icom is almost as bad with
> their 2 millisecond menu option.
>
>
> Why are ARRL and the U.S. distributors not communicating with our
> Japanese equipment manufacturers about the problems they're causing
> and enabling?
>
>
>
> 73
> Frank
> W3LPL
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
> From: "cqwpx director" <cqwpx.director@gmail.com>
> To: cq-contest@contesting.com
> Sent: Saturday, June 6, 2020 4:58:15 PM
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] WPX CW Signal Quality Concerns
>
> I have received two (2) actionable complaints of signal quality issues
> during WPX CW, which are both under review.
>
>
>
> We will investigate additional signal quality concerns. Please provide the
> call to be reviewed, along with the date, time and band of the observed
> signal quality issue.
>
>
>
> 73,
>
>
>
> Bud Trench, AA3B
>
> Director, CQ WPX Contest
>
> web: <https://cqwpx.com> https://cqwpx.com
>
> email: <mailto:director@cqwpx.com> director@cqwpx.com
>
>
>
>
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