A lot of hams have no clue on how to properly set TX gain on digital modes. There are so many variations of radios and interfaces that having a standard is almost impossible.
I have seen signals so bad that I cannot even decode them. The K4 FT8 setup procedure is documented well. I would like to see more accurate TX audio level instead of 5 bars of ALC but it seems to work. My other radio (Flex 6600m) has a TX audio level meter with peak indicator that stays yellow as level approaches zero then goes red if level is over zero and clipping is then applied. Quite a few people use older radios for Field Day and use analog interfaces such as a Signal Link and they are harder to get set correctly. Dave wo2x Sent from my iPad > On Jun 26, 2022, at 3:28 PM, Bob McGraw <rmcg...@benlomand.net> wrote: > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > I operated FD from here at the house this weekend. Most all of my FT-8 > contacts were on 6M. > > I was appalled at the poor quality of many signals. Many show spurious > every 1 kHz to 2 kHz either side of their primary signal. Several were > noted to be bands of noise on the order of 2 kHz to 3 kHz wide. What > gives with hams and their pride for good quality signals? Bottom > line......this is poor operating and technical practice. Just because > it was Field Day, that is no excuse either. Have the masses digressed > to this level of non technical expertise? It sure seems so. > > Then I was off to 80M and 40M for a few FT-8 contacts. No different. > WOW! This is all very disappointing. > > 73 > Bob, K4TAX > > -- > IF ONE EXPECTS COMPUTERS AND TECHNOLOGY TO SOLVE THEIR PROBLEMS, > ONE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND COMPUTERS AND TECHNOLOGY > AND ONE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND THEIR PROBLEMS." > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 rocke...@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
