[UK-CONTEST] Data contest - apologies

[M0RXX]

Hi Peter
Laptop sound cards are not good enough in most cases for data work. I saw a report on a dell and it was very bad these were for SDR units but the same principle.

Stuart Southern. 

Radio Amateur. M0RXX
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On 6 Mar 2012, at 22:30, "Peter Lock" <doc.lock at tesco.net> wrote:

> " As I say, it all seems to work OK for individual QSOs - but in the contest
> environment, it's poor."
> 
> Yep, that's PSK in contesting...;-) - not a good contest mode, but that is
> just my opinion and has been done to the death on this forum previously
> 
> I saw your signal on the waterfall before the contest but didn't call then
> as I was just quickly going across the spectrum, but it certainly seemed as
> good as any others on the band.  I got quite a good run going and stuck to
> my run frequency for the first 45 minutes then hopped over to RTTY but then
> band conditions went to pot; I wasn't getting many Qs then, so went back to
> PSK but by then you had gone.  You may already be doing this and please
> don't take offence if you are, but on the MMVARI waterfall in N1MM there are
> notch filters available by right clicking on the waterfall which you can
> bring in very close to your signal and which keep out a lot of QRM from very
> close neighbours - they are VERY good - get one either side and readability
> of the incoming signal improves a lot, but your partner does have to net
> well onto yours.
> 
> Peter
> M0RYB
> 
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