[CQ-Contest] WPX CW Signal Quality Concerns
K9MA
k9ma at sdellington.us
Mon Jun 8 23:25:22 EDT 2020
On a related note, if I've done the math right, at 50 wpm, a dit lasts
24 ms, not including the following space. I can see how 10 ms rise and
fall might sound a bit mushy at that speed. 4 ms would probably sound
better. However, contest speeds rarely exceed about 40 wpm, so 10 ms
would probably be an acceptable tradeoff for a radio that lacks the
raised cosine waveform, and much appreciated by the neighbors.
Outside of contests, when the bands aren't crowded, I'd have no
objection to the super-QRQ folks using faster rise and fall times. As
long as they remember to switch it back before the next contest.
73,
Scott K9MA
On 6/8/2020 19:08, Jim Brown wrote:
> On 6/8/2020 1:12 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
>> They achieve rise time of about 2.5 msec,
>
> Correction from N6KR (designer) -- about 4 msec
>
> 73, Jim K9YC
> _______________________________________________
> CQ-Contest mailing list
> CQ-Contest at contesting.com
> http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-contest
--
Scott K9MA
k9ma at sdellington.us
More information about the CQ-Contest
mailing list