IO5O splattering over 20kHz on the ARRL contest

[M0GVZ]

IO5O - a supposed contest station. 20kHz wide signal. Didn't give a toss and plenty of people told him how much he was doing it. People need to complain to ARRL so he can be disqualified.

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[N2ADV]

Hate to say it but he wasn't the only one. I turned the radio off and watched Full Metal Jousting instead.


By the screen shot, that's a neat looking program by the way.

[WM3O]

i blame your radio. he was not 20 kHz wide at my house. then again, my house is a few thousand miles away. try living near W3LPL some time.

[WA6MHZ]

I am sure my Drake L7, Cranked up to ELEVEN, was splattering plenty wide too. I am HOARSE from SHOUTING into the mike! There is the apparent smell of burning transformers and resistors in the shack. But the contest is over and all is well!

[WA6MHZ]

i blame your radio. he was not 20 kHz wide at my house. then again, my house is a few thousand miles away. try living near W3LPL some time.

I heard him! he was loud and wide out here on the West Coast with his beam the other direction!

[NM5TF]

IO5O - a supposed contest station. 20kHz wide signal. Didn't give a toss and plenty of people told him how much he was doing it. People need to complain to ARRL so he can be disqualified.

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wondering what spectrum analyzer program this is???

[W3WN]

IO5O - a supposed contest station. 20kHz wide signal. Didn't give a toss and plenty of people told him how much he was doing it. People need to complain to ARRL so he can be disqualified.

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Sorry OM, but you need to be a little more specific about the time & frequency that you monitored this.

All I can tell you is that when I worked him on Sunday, on 15 meters mid day (local time), I saw no evidence of splatter. So the problem may have been fixed by then, or occurred afterwards.

There were more than a few stations on who were overmodulating -- either they had the mic gain too high, or their processors on too high, or both. Most of those stations I didn't work -- in more than a few cases, couldn't, as they were so distorted that it wasn't practical to pull out of the muck who they were. It's a sign of an inexperienced operator.

Have you considered contacting the IO5O station manager and letting him know? There may have been an equipment malfunction that they were unaware of, or someone bumped a setting inadvertently. You'd be doing him a favor by letting him know. Of course, he may not care, but you should try contacting him first.

[W3WN]

I am sure my Drake L7, Cranked up to ELEVEN, was splattering plenty wide too. I am HOARSE from SHOUTING into the mike! There is the apparent smell of burning transformers and resistors in the shack. But the contest is over and all is well!

No reason to shout. That's what you have a mic gain control for.

[WM3O]

no reason to shout. That's what you have a mic gain control for.

yelling makes my signal stand out in the pileups.

[N2ADV]

No reason to shout. That's what you have a mic gain control for.

WHAT? HUH?