First you assume that everyone uses spots. Some of us do not. (I know I'm in the minority here)
Second, if a DX station is working split, you don't know where he is listening but I doubt that he is using 50 Hz BW, especially if he's working a mode other than CW :-) I think your "getting through" better is more a function of mental telepathy than hardware. Wes Stewart, N7WS --- On Wed, 11/24/10, John Harper <j...@ae5x.com> wrote: > I upgraded to the K3 from a very old, > very basic rig and am unsure if other modern rigs are > capable of such a narrow bandwidth that is actually useful, > ie w/o ringing. > > With a 50Hz bandwidth, I'm learning that spotting the last > station worked by the DX is much more accurate than would be > possible if I had to use say a 250Hz bandwidth. And with a > K3 on the other end (the DX station) presumedly dialed to a > narrow width also, he's only going to hear those who've > spotted him precisely. > > As I said, I'm not sure if these bandwidths are unique to > the K3 but, coming from an FT840, I sure seem to be getting > thru the pile-ups more easily than I use to and believe this > may be the reason as it's the only thing that's changed here > (although the UPS guy will be delivering a 600w amp > Wednesday!). > > John AE5X > http://www.ae5x.com/blog ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
