[TenTec] 30M "freebanders"?, scratchy Argosy audio filter switch

[James Parsons]

I operate 30 meter CW day and night and I hear those Spanish speaking SSB
stations frequently. They are strongest at night but I do hear them during
the day also. They are never very strong. I find them all the way to the
bottom of the band up to my CW limit, which is usually around 10125. I
operate mostly at 10111  and they are on that frequency very often. But they
are never strong enough to bother our QSO and I assume the same is true of
us.

The real problem these days is on 40 meters. I hear a very strong Spanish
speaking group down around 7003, which has been traditionally the CW DX
area. But they are all over the CW portion now, day and night.

73 de Jim, K5ROV...

James (Jim) Parsons, K5ROV, CMSgt, USAF, Ret., San Angelo, TX
Ham for over 60 yrs. 90% CW
k5rov@arrl.net,     QCWA, ARCI, Fists, ARRL, ARMS.
EX: W1RLA, K5FBB, K4FEO, SV0WN (CRETE), SV0WN (RHODES),
DL4NC, DL4JP, KA2FC (JAPAN), KA2JP (JAPAN).
JOHN 3:16

----- Original Message -----
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To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2001 19:19 PM
Subject: [TenTec] 30M "freebanders"?, scratchy Argosy audio filter switch


> Greetings all,
>
> Two items: first, are there some "freebanders"  moving in on 30M, or is
> there some sort of public service allocation in other parts of the world
> in that band? I heard some voice transmissions (they weren't very strong,
> so I'm not totally sure what they were, but possibly in Spanish) in the
> area of 10.120 this evening which definitely weren't cw or a digital
> modes and wondered if anyone else had heard them and/or knew what they
> were. Or is what I'm hearing some kind of image, etc. in the old Argosy?
>
> Second, any recommendations on quieting a scratchy audio filter switch in
> an Argosy (actually, both the in/out and wide/narrow switches) which puts
> a "pop" in the audio on acutation? Can these be cleaned/lubricated, or is
> that a "no-no"?
>
>
> TNX/73, Al
>
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