Scott, You may want to take a look at http://www.websdr.org/ There are other similar resources out there also like airspy servers https://airspy.com/directory/ They even allow you to make recordings of your signals. It's a great resource for hearing/seeing your signal at remote locations.
-- Rob Campbell KG6HUM On Fri, Jun 14, 2019, 11:55 AM Tox <scott.sm...@gmail.com> wrote: > I've started sending discreet emails to ft8 ops who are overdriving > and including screenshots, trying to make clear "it isn't the power, > you're overdriving". There isn't a well-known public resource to > provide that kind of feedback today. I've considered setting up an sdr > dongle and toolchain for 20m as a resource for stations in the San > Jose area. > > (Ideally, I'd set up a second one at someone else's place so I can > clean up my own output!) > > Scott > AD6YT > > On Fri, Jun 14, 2019 at 11:18 AM David Gilbert <xda...@cis-broadband.com> > wrote: > > > > > > A few years ago I was working NAQP SSB and came across this guy who was > > really loud but had such an overdriven signal nobody could copy him. He > > kept calling CQ but nobody answered. I finally threw my callsign out > > there and when he came back I told him he needed to back off on the mic > > gain if he wanted to make any contacts. It took three steps of backing > > down his gain to get him to reasonable copy. He was over 10 db weaker > > but suddenly started running stations. > > > > Cranking the knob to 11 is, as you say, totally counterproductive. > > > > 73, > > Dave AB7E > > > > > > > > On 6/14/2019 10:52 AM, Bob McGraw K4TAX wrote: > > > One of my major pet gripes for net control operators and contest > operators is the fact they believe turning things up a bit with the > thinking they will be heard a bit better When in fact they are making > their signal more difficult to copy. If their station sounds good during > SSB rag chew QSO's the the same settings should also be good for contests, > Field Day, and when a net control. The mentality of turning things up a > wee bit is just pure B. S. > > > > > > Bob, K4TAX > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > > 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 > > Message delivered to scott.sm...@gmail.com > > > > -- > Scott Small > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > Message delivered to kg6...@gmail.com > ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
