[CQ-Contest] CQWW - Excessive Bandwidth

[Joe]

"Q" for "Quality"

Joe WB9SBD
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On 11/4/2013 8:06 AM, Paul O'Kane wrote:
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> The CQWW sponsors are leading the way in defining and,
> hopefully, clamping down on unsportsmanlike conduct.
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> They say " "Examples of unsportsmanlike conduct include.....
> 5. Signals with excessive bandwidth (e.g., splatter, clicks)"
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> Anyone who uses SDR-based panadaptors, including the Elecraft
> P3, can recognise and measure wide signals instantly - by just
> looking at them.
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> It seems to me that if we had an agreed method of reporting
> excessive bandwidth, contest sponsors could confirm it for
> themselves by checking their SDR recordings - using times
> and frequencies from our Cabrillo logs.
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> The question arises, how would each of us indicate wide
> signals from other stations we work - not to mention the
> ones we might prefer not to work.
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> The ones we work are easy.  My suggestion is to add /Q to
> the callsign logged.  I'm using Q, because it cannot be
> confused with another country's callsign - no calls begin
> with Q.  There may be implications for dupe-checking with
> some software, but nothing that can't be supported with a
> few extra lines of code.
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> There are other options, but I would not consider varying
> the usual 59(9) reports because it would take longer.
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> 73,
> Paul EI5DI
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