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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