Wow pretty neat. Good luckw with it.
-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Phil Scovell
Sent: Friday, May 01, 2009 8:20 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Another DSP Experience
Barb,
This DSP is in the Icom 7000 I recently purchased just before Christmas.
Phil.
K0NX
----- Original Message -----
From: "Barbara Lombardi" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, May 01, 2009 6:18 PM
Subject: Re: Another DSP Experience
> Phil what rig were you using? I know that dsp is really great.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Phil Scovell
> Sent: Friday, May 01, 2009 1:06 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Another DSP Experience
>
> So the other night on 40 meters, the thunder storms over the planes were =
> killing the band. I often listen to a couple of high speed guys for =
> practice because when they are in contact, they normally run 45 to 60 =
> words per minute. They often hang out on 7032 if you are interested =
> using
> W4NPX and W6WXZ for call signs. This particular evening, both the =
> Florida
> station and the Californian were running strong 10 over S9 = signals but
> so
> was the peaks from the static crashes. At high speed CW, = fade, QSB, or
> sudden static, QRN, can take out two or three words so the = louder, the
> better. I was copying them both fine but the static crashes = were wiping
> out several letters and words at a time. Just for fun, I = snapped on the
> DSP. The static crashes were all but gone and I no = longer was missing
> anything as before. Years ago, when running a 2 = element 40 meter beam
> at
> 70 feet, summers, beaming east, were killers. = I soon learned, if I
> didn't
> want to listen to all those static crashes, = I could beam to the west,
> reducing the static crashing by about 20 DB, = and work western stations
> just fine. The DSP works, for CW signals at = any rate, way better that I
> thought it would.
>
> Phil.
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>
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