[UK-CONTEST] CQWW signals

[Phil VK4BAA]

VK is no exception to this unfortunately.

There were a couple of VK stations that were poor - one in particular was horrendous and was not interested when it was reported to him by one of the VK4KW team.

Being a multi-op station at VK4KW, we are very aware of dodgy signals and the effect upon others as it can cause inter-station hassles if nowt else. We make a check prior to every contest with someone using a mobile rig in a car and moving away from the station by 500m or so and seeing how wide each band signal is. It's such a simple thing to do, but it might not be common practise of course....

I worked a station from Asia on 15m and gave him a 39 report as his audio and bandwidth was horrendous......

73,

Phil
VK4BAA / VK4KW


---- Mike Harris <mike.harris at cwimail.fk> wrote: 
> G'day,
> 
> Some pretty bad signals down this way.  The usual cause seems to be 
> way too much compression.  One PY was 9+30 talking and 9+20 when he 
> stopped talking just before his VOX dropped.  Huge signal, Q3 
> modulation.  Why folks don't get a local to listen to them for a 
> sanity check before the contest I've no idea, must have cost the guy 
> loads of points.  I tried to tell him but he just said thank you, 
> presumably for the 9+30 bit.
> 
> Another goodie is a desperately poor DVK recording.  Same as with 
> machine gun CW, if I can't copy it without a load of struggle I, 
> like many others, just move on.
> 
> On a more cheerful note, my BERU (aka CC) team competition gold 
> medal turned up in the post today.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Mike VP8NO
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Clive GM3POI" <gm3poi2 at btinternet.com>
> To: <uk-contest at contesting.com>
> Sent: Monday, November 01, 2010 2:01 PM
> Subject: [UK-CONTEST] CQWW signals
> 
> 
> > No one has yet commented on some of the really bad
> > quality signals around during last weekend.
> >    I just worked a few dozen Qs but noticed that E7
> > in particular produced (on 15m) some very wide
> > signals. In particular E71A and E7DX, E71A was at
> > least 20khz wide on my K3. I wonder what other bands
> > were like.  They may of course be too close for the
> > more Southern stations.
> > 73 Clive GM3POI
> 
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