tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1146246558798303856.post5020267545042346921..comments2024-03-25T11:45:15.794-04:00Comments on Ham Radio - QRP: Copying weak CW signals -- The counter-intuitive solutionAA4OOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08437750216586991500noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1146246558798303856.post-36348537058336466942020-04-21T14:31:53.937-04:002020-04-21T14:31:53.937-04:00I do something similar, but a little bit different...I do something similar, but a little bit different. I leave my AF gain fixed at either 40 or 50 on the KX3, the ride the RF gain to copy weak signals.<br /><br />The use of APF can really make a difference between hearing and not hearing someone, as well.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04674862400120719928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1146246558798303856.post-57222205216951512812015-11-15T13:05:45.618-05:002015-11-15T13:05:45.618-05:00Very interesting to read someone else having the p...Very interesting to read someone else having the problem of being heard by people whose signals are practically unreadable. For a long time, I've blamed the receiver on my ageing TS2000, but I'm beginning to wonder whether there is another phenomenon at play here: actual one-way propagation. I too employ the partial solution of riding the AF and RF controls, but this happens quite frequently to me, even when the received signal is still copyable but much weaker than the report I'm given. (Let's say I give 439 and receive 589 or 579 - in other words, probably accurate and not a 'courtesy' 599.) In my case, most of these QSOs are with European stations to the east of me, but this does sometimes happen with North American stations too.<br /><br />Again, no solution at hand but you've raised an interesting question!<br />73<br />Colin<br />GM4JPZPhil Terkoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14977345539399250615noreply@blogger.com