Mike,

Sounds to me like you were experiencing front end overload in your
receiver ... when the signal exceeds the dynamic range of your receiver,
all sorts of things happen and the signal can appear to be MUCH wider
than it actually is.

To verify this, turn off the preamp (if you have one), and switch in about
20 dB of attenuation before the front end of the receiver and see if it
all gets better ...

73,
Carl - wk3c

"Mike Coslo" wrote in message
...
The question kind of states it. I suppose that the BW might be wider as
the speed increases.

The reason I ask is that on 3580 tonight, we're all sitting there fat,
dumb, and happy, when W1AW starts it's CW broadcast. And it's some 700
kHz wide!!! And now I'd swear it's almost 3kHz wide. That's like SSB!!!

Needless to say, their strong signal was pretty tough on all us 5 and
ten watters. you could get most of a message through, but it took a lt
of the fun out of it.

What the heck , over?

- Mike KB3EIA -