[UK-CONTEST] 80M CC G3SJJ

[Dave Lawley]

>>   
> I'm always conscious though of the possibility of receiver dynamic range 
> limitations causing distortion to otherwise clean off air signals, 
> particularly in a contest situation. Usually difficult to prove but I've 
> definitely shown this on the odd occasion with my ft990 over the 11 
> years I've had it, and it's not the worst receiver in the world....
> So I'm always a bit wary of jumping in with both feet :-)
> 73,
> Stewart Rolfe, GW0ETF
> 
Point taken Stewart but I always run with plenty of attenuation and 
usually the RF gain backed off as well. If I hear a dodgy signal I make 
very sure before deviating from the standard 599!

This was a problem during the ARRL contest as well. At one point T96Q 
was about 1.5kc from my frequency but his noise sidebands were making it 
impossible to copy weak callers on my frequency. He was more T6 than T9.

I'm sure it wasn't the case last night on 80 but I feel that some people 
are using a non-T9 note deliberately, firstly to make their signal 
distinctive and secondly to 'clear' a large amount of band space. I 
think this is cheating and I would like contest sponsors to crack down 
on it.

Dave G4BUO