[UK-CONTEST] 80M CC G3SJJ

[Clive GM3POI]

What I noticed in particular during the ARRL is a large number of signals
with additional spurs on the signals often high and low of the main
frequency and also in the click department here were LN9Z, N0NI, F5IN and
sadly K9DX. As Ian has pointed out there is no excuse for not modifying your
Yaesu. The other ARRL experience that happened mainly from Russian or ex
Russian stations was jumping straight in on the frequency you have occupied
for maybe hours. I had that with UX2X and RX4HZ neither of whom worked many
USA after doing so but wasted a lot of there time.
    Going back to the click problem for a moment, it has been highlighted 
lately that most rigs that display a keying rise/fall time get that figure 
wrong in that you need to set the figure higher in Millisecs to get the 
correct timing.  This factor appears to be
about twice. i.e. set it to 10ms for 5 or 6 ms.  Has anyone looked into
this.
73 Clive GM3POI
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "G3SJJ" <g3sjj at btinternet.com>
Cc: <uk-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, February 23, 2007 9:44 AM
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] 80M CC G3SJJ


> Interesting. I made a note of 3 Eu callsigns during ARRL. T96Q had wide
> noise sidebands as Dave mentioned. 4O1A had clix and parasitic such that
> I  had to tune across 40KHz to find the main signal, HG9N was a rough
> note also. I noted YZ1U as well but not sure why!
>
> Like Alan says most W signals were adequate in comparison, probably with
> the exception of some older TenTec users.
>
> The other thing that was very noticeable was the absence of the missing
> callsigns and speeded up stuff from the NA side. Worst Eu for that was
> OE4A whose TST & ENNK was sent at 40+ wpm whilst his actually Q rate was
> about half that!
>
> Mind you I do like the idea of ENN NN when we get our increased power
> limit!! Nice one.
>
> Chris G3SJJ
>
>
> ALANNOTTAGE at aol.com wrote:
>> In a message dated 23/02/07 08:14:49 GMT Standard Time,
>> g4buo at compuserve.com
>> writes:
>>
>>
>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>
>> Also, pretty much all US/VE sigs that I heard were de-clicked.  EU sigs
>> were
>> in marked contrast quite frequently!
>>
>>
>> Al G0XBV
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