‰ NOW 35 WPM ‰ TEXT IS FROM JUNE 2017 QST PAGE 61‰ TO MAKE A FEW MORE SSB CONTACTS ON 160, 80, AND 40 METERS. I WAS IMPRESSED, AND SO WERE THE PARTIES ON THE OTHER END OF THE CONTACT. AFTER EXPERIMENTING, I DISCOVERED THAT THE RECEIVE FILTER BANDWIDTH ALSO AFFECTED THE TRANSMIT FILTER BANDWIDTH, WHICH MAY NOT BE DESIRABLE. HOPEFULLY THIS WILL BE CHANGED IN FUTURE SOFTWARE RELEASES. NEXT, I WENT TO 75 METER AM TO SEE WHAT THE PIHPSDR CONTROLLER SOUNDED LIKE THERE. I FOUND A ROUNDTABLE OF REGULARS ON 3,885 KHZ AND BROKE IN. I HAD THE FILTER SET TO 5 KHZ, SO I GAVE THEM A FULL BLOWN BROADCAST QUALITY AM SIGNAL. THEY ALSO MENTIONED THE BASSINESS, WHICH WAS CORRECTED WITH THE NEWER SOFTWARE VERSION, BUT I WAS COMPLIMENTED ON THE AUDIO, ANYWAY. I THEN WENT TO 160 METER CW ON 1,830 KHZ AND WORKED A STATION IN NEW JERSEY. THERE IS PROPAGATION FROM NORTHEASTERN CONNECTICUT TO NEW JERSEY AT ANY TIME OF DAY, BUT THIS WAS ABOUT 9 PM LOCAL TIME, AND WE WERE BOTH LOUD AND CLEAR TO EACH OTHER. THE CW FILTERING WAS VERY SMOOTH, AND EVEN AT THE 25 HZ BANDWIDTH THERE WAS NO RINGING. USING A BENCHER IAMBIC PADDLE, I WAS ABLE TO SEND WITHOUT EFFORT AND WITHOUT ERRORS I AM USED TO A HAMCRAFTERS WINKEYER3 USB. FINALLY, I LISTENED IN THE DIGITAL PORTION OF THE 20 METER BAND AND WAS ABLE TO DECODE PSK SIGNALS. HOWEVER, THE AF GAIN CONTROL AFFECTED THE COLOR INTENSITY OF THE PSK WATERFALL, WHICH ISNT THE CASE WITH POWERSDR AND ‰ END OF 35 WPM TEXT ‰ QST DE W1AW ƒ