[TenTec] On Noisy Transmitters

[Brian Carling]

Jim is right. Bad form. Some of the worst offenders I hear on the air are actually overseas or even Dexpedition stations running contest.

Best regards - Bry Carling



> On Jul 7, 2014, at 7:56 AM, "Bob McGraw - K4TAX" <RMcGraw at Blomand.net> wrote:
> 
> Not only is transmitting with key clicks in bad form, it is in violation of FCC regulations regarding purity of transmission.
> 
> In case folks haven't noticed, the FCC is monitoring the ham bands and they are sending letters of notice of violation.  Here in the state of TN, records indicate that some 10 hams, for various reasons,  have received these since the 1st of this year.
> 
> 73
> Bob, K4TAX
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Brown" <k9yc at audiosystemsgroup.com>
> To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com>
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> Sent: Monday, July 07, 2014 12:07 AM
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] On Noisy Transmitters
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> 
>>> On 7/6/2014 4:17 PM, Brian Carling wrote:
>>> That's normal for Icom. Actually a little clicking helps attract attention in contests.
>> 
>> And VERY bad sportsmanship -- like running a race with your arms flailing your competitors. I have a guy near me -- KE1B -- who runs a 7600 into a big amp and big antennas about 8 miles from me. He typically wipes out 10-20 kHz of whatever band he's on on CW.
>> 
>> By contrast, K6XX runs K3s into tube amps, and is three miles away. We can work 500 Hz apart and barely know the other is there.
>> 
>> 73, Jim K9YC
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