[CQ-Contest] 756Pro: definition of 'ratty'

[David O Hachadorian]

I have gotten used to operating cw with the agc turned off,
to allow a wider dynamic range in a pileup situation. I
think it also improves the s/n on pw signals.

When I tried to do this recently, operating as a guest op
at a station equipped with a Mark V, I could hear some
definite digital artifacts on loud signals. The artifacts
were not there with the agc turned on, but I don't like
the sound of agc compression on cw.

After going into the menus and turning off all DSP, the
signals were completely clean, and I operated the entire
contest that way.

Dave Hachadorian, K6LL
Yuma, AZ
K6LL at juno.com


On Fri, 30 Nov 2001 08:50:53 -0500 (EST) Dennis OConnor
<k8do at diamondcs.net> writes:
> 
> When I am out in the shack, which is also my work shop, I always 
> flip on 
> one of the rigs and leave that tuned on someone's qso while I am 
> doing 
> other things... As I was reading your message I suddenly realized 
> that even 
> though I have a selection of DSP rigs on the operating bench, it is 
> always 
> the Onmi VI+ that gets turned on...  I wonder if there is some 
> subtle 
> distortion level with the DSP rigs that makes me subconciously reach 
> for 
> the non DSP rig to listen to for the hours that I am working on the 
> tractors, etc... (Yes, the Omni has a DSP filter that can be 
> switched on, 
> but I don't use it because the audio annoys me)


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