[AMPS] Mission Impossible

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>I agree fully, it was infuriating to have to endure splatter from the 'Big
>Guns', each covering more than 20KHz of smaller stations signals. They
>obviously were only interested in their own contest score results and to
>heck with everyone else. Frustrating! I spent the contest cruising up and
>down the bands for the ARRL Y2K DXCC award and couldn't believe what I
>heard. I told one guy about his signal and he told me to take a hike.
>73,  Carl  VE9OV
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-amps@contesting.com [mailto:owner-amps@contesting.com]On
>Behalf Of Peter Sundberg
>Sent: Monday, March 06, 2000 7:06 AM
>To: amps@contesting.com
>Subject: [AMPS] Mission Impossible
>
>
>
>Gents,
>
>Having spent a full weekend listening to a multitude of LOUSY signals in
>the ARRL SSB contest I am inclined to say that this reflector is on a
>mission impossible. Things are getting worse no matter how much we debate
>the percentage of regulation of screen supplies or how linear a 4CX1000K
>can be.
>
>People spend thousands of dollars buying equipment, including amplifiers
>but they can't even set the knobs right on the radios to make them sound
>good !
>Many, many of the "top" US stations were more than 10kc wide, flattopping,
>overmodulating to an extent I haven't heard before. Some of the DVK's were
>producing square wave..
>
>Checking the web pages out shows these stations run FT1000MP's, FT1000D's,
>TS-950's, Alpha's, Henry's, you name it.
>
>Funny thing is, if you tell someone that he is splattering he has a
>scope(!!) that shows a perfectly clean signal... :-) Sure !
>
>Can't someone start a "knobs" reflector where transmitter settings can be
>debated in detail ?
>Rich, will you join ?
>
Peter -  'This has got to be an amplifier adjustment problem.  The radios 
you mentioned are fairly clean.  

cheers.  
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