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ON THE AIR  WITH LEGAL LIMIT AM SETTING UP THE TRANSMITTER WAS A BREEZE,
BECAUSE THE ARRL LAB TEAM HAD MOUNTED THE TRANSMITTER AND ACCESSORIES IN A
TABLE TOP OPEN RACK, ALONG WITH ITS OWN AC POWER STRIP.  IT TOOK JUST A
CONNECTION TO MY ANTENNA SYSTEM THROUGH THE PICK UP UNIT FOR THE MODULATION
MONITOR, A RECEIVE ANTENNA CABLE TO MY COLLINS 51J4, MIC, AND POWER.  WE
STARTED THE TESTING USING A PROFESSIONAL QUALITY SENNHEISER DESK MIC THAT
THE LAB PROVIDED FOR THE TEST.  IN ADDITION, THE MODULATION MONITOR
SOFTWARE WAS SET UP ON MY LAPTOP AND THE MONITOR PROCESSOR WAS TIED TO THE
LAPTOP BY USB CABLE, AND I WAS ON THE AIR.  MY FIRST CONTACT WAS WITH ARRL
LAB ASSISTANT MANAGER BOB ALLISON, WB1GCM, FROM HIS HOME STATION, ABOUT 68
MILES AWAY.  BOB WAS USING HIS HEATHKIT DX 100 TRANSMITTER AND A COLLINS R
390 RECEIVER.  THE R 390 WAS ESSENTIALLY THE US MILITARYS REPLACEMENT FOR
THE 51J4 R 388A SERIES AND INCLUDES A WIDER ARRAY OF SELECTIVITY CHOICES,
UP TO 16 KHZ, RATHER THAN THE 51J4S 1, 3, AND 6 KHZ MECHANICAL FILTERS.
WHILE THE 6 KHZ BANDWIDTH IS GOOD FOR COMMUNICATIONS QUALITY AUDIO, THE R
390 CAN APPRECIATE THE AUDIO NUANCES IN THE WIDER SPECTRUM THAT THE K7DYY
CAN TRANSMIT.  WHILE I STARTED OUT WITH MY TRANSMIT BANDWIDTH ROLLING OFF
ABOVE 3 KHZ, WE TRIED IT AT SOMEWHAT WIDER SETTINGS, AND BOB THOUGHT IT
SOUNDED MORE LIKE ME.  THIS IS SOMETHING I WOULD ONLY DO IN AN UNCROWDED
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