[CQ-Contest] How Do You Tune SSB

[jimk8mr at aol.com]

 A problem I occasionally run into is people who have cranked down their low frequency TX audio equalization down so low that there is little left to figure out where to tune to best hear them.
Once their lowest frequency audio is at 700 Hz or so, distinguishing between 700 and 1000 Hz when tuning becomes difficult. While the higher frequencies may be more critical for intelligibility, I find that whatever may be gained from that is lost if the signal is mis-tuned.


73  -   Jim  K8MR


 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Steve London <n2icarrl at gmail.com>
To: cq-contest <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Sat, Feb 22, 2020 6:48 pm
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] How Do You Tune SSB

Make sure you have your receiver bandwidth opened up enough - At least 2200 Hz, 
and up to 3000 Hz will improve intelligibility. Many modern rigs let you 
continuously vary the bandwidth.

73,
Steve, N2IC

On 02/22/2020 11:41 AM, pwhelton at earthlink.net wrote:
> Sorry for the novice question but .. I do a lot of CW.  I participate in CW
> contests and can usually survive.  Last night I thought I'd give the CQWW
> 160 SSB contest a shot.  Now I know why I don't participate in a lot of SSB
> contests.  I had a heck of a time trying to tune stations in.  Either I was
> too high or too low.  The QSB didn't help matters either.
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> I don't have a very good antenna setup on 160 so it behooves me to be right
> on frequency in order to make the contact.  I made about 140 CW contacts
> during the CQWW CW contest but SSB is a different animal.  Is there a secret
> to tuning SSB so that it's intelligible?
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> Sorry for the dumb question but I wouldn't mind making a couple of SSB
> contacts on 160.  After that I guarantee you I won't be doing much SSB work.
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> Regards,
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> Pat - KZ5J
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