[SCCC] separating zero beated pileups?

Drew Arnett arnett.drew at gmail.com
Fri Jun 28 10:22:12 EDT 2024


Thanks!  I will have to try that.  (Just have to remember to skew the
T/R offset the right way to get a lower pitch instead of a higher
pitch.  Easily done.

On Fri, Jun 28, 2024 at 1:15 PM Marty Woll <n6vi at socal.rr.com> wrote:
>
>
> Hi, Drew.
>
> One thing that may help some is to use a low T/R offset so that you are
> listening at, say, 300 Hz or below.  That way, minor differences in
> frequency are larger as a percentage than they are at, say, 1000 Hz.  It's
> much easier to distinguish between 200 Hz and 220 Hz than it is to
> distinguish between 1200 and 1220 Hz.
>
> 73,
>
> Marty N6VI
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: SCCC [mailto:sccc-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Drew Arnett
> Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2024 9:46 PM
> To: Southern Cal Contest Club
> Subject: [SCCC] separating zero beated pileups?
>
> "15 meters -- using 100 watts to a six element yagi"
>
> Being on the receiving end of this, seems like a lot of folks tx zero
> beated.  A solid 5 seconds of zero beated cw is hard to pull out a
> letter at times.  I was wondering if there are any good tips or tricks
> stations?  Do I just learn to hear the subtle amplitude variations?
> The vast majority of the time wasn't a problem at all, but this
> happened enough for this CW beginner to have to ask.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Drew
> n7da
>



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