Rick ! Well said . Just another waste of bandwidth ... "An IMD report from another station receiving you is worthless. There are simply too many variables for it to have any utility. " Jerry

I'm looking for a simple, and reasonable antenna for 80/160m. What are your thoughts? I know some of you have some pretty elaborate setups. I'm looking for something easy. Thanks, Bryon, W7RIV

Well Bryon, you are running a K3 and that is an entirely different bred of cat! There are lots of instructions on the internet about using ALC to avoid wide signals, but when it comes to the Elecraft

Some interesting comments on FT8 and DXCC ... might be of interest to some. Jerry n9avy The Topband reflector has a new thread on FT8 and the impact, especially on 160M DXing, on

Brian: As long as you see no ALC action you should be okay. What makes a PSK31 signal wide can be too much audio from sound card, having processor on, pr just plain old using too darn much power

I'm a little curious on what makes a PSK signal wide. Just too much power? Or are there other things? I cannot say that I've never offended...I've never had anyone tell me or message me anything of

Good Job Stan: just keep on keeping on. Best wishes. John KE4JB

Many signals I encounter aren't really wide, but just look that way. A simple test is to turn off AGC and add about 18 db of attenuation to signal. If it's still wide, then it's the OP's fault.

Great job Stan, have been looking for you every day, but did not see you on the bands at all. Did not see much of anyone else either, bands have been horrible here is this vast RF wasteland of

Stan, Outstanding! That represents some serious op time for sure. I think that there should be a Perserverance Award from PODXS for those few who scale Everest. Joe KA1PPV #1482

Mike, Don't shoot your radio. You need it. I have stopped measuring the width of some of the PSK signals that I have seen by frequency. I measure them in relation to the width of the Mississippi

Great job Stan. Sid W7JSD 1513

Congratulations and aloha from Maui! That’s quite an accomplishment of stamina and perseverance, Stan! Way to go!!! -- Mike Flowers, K6MKF, NCDXC - "It's about DX!"

It's not my radio Seniour, you must a a bad radio Randy W4RTT

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Congrats Stan 73 Paul nu4c