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INTELLIGENCE ON THE WEB.  A SECOND SET OF TESTS WERE RUN IN THE EVENING ON
THE 75 METER PHONE BAND, WITH THE EXPECTATION THAT THE NOISE SPECTRUM OR
OTHER CHARACTERISTICS WOULD BE DIFFERENT.  THE NOISE LEVEL WAS DIFFERENT,
RUNNING S 6 TO S 7.  THERE WAS GENERALLY NO DIFFERENCE IN PERFORMANCE.  A
FEW STATIONS WERE BARELY DISCERNABLE AT THIS HIGHER NOISE LEVEL.  SOME
COULD BE PULLED OUT BY CHANGING THE DSP FILTER LEVEL.  OTHER BARELY
DISCERNABLE SIGNALS POPPED OUT OF THE NOISE, BUT THEY WERE UNINTELLIGIBLE.
AT THIS LOCATION, MANY STATIONS ON THE 75 METER PHONE BAND TEND TO HAVE
SIGNAL STRENGTHS OF S 9 PLUS 30 DB SOME OF THE NOISE AROUND THE WEAK
STATIONS MAY BE SPLATTER OF SOME SORT FROM ONE OF THESE STRONG STATIONS.
FINALLY, A NUMBER OF LISTENING TESTS WERE RUN ON 20 METERS DURING THE DAY.
RESULTS WERE THE SAME AS ON 40 METERS.  NO S 9 PLUS 30 DB CLOSE STATIONS
WERE ENCOUNTERED ON EITHER 40 OR 20 METERS.  IN SUMMARY THE MOST
INTERESTING CHARACTERISTIC NOTED IN THESE TESTS WAS THAT ON A WEEKEND
AFTERNOON, WHEN THE POTA CONTEST WAS VERY ACTIVE, OPERATION WAS PRIMARILY
HANDS OFF.  THE DSP FILTER LEVEL WAS SET TO 2 AND LEFT THERE, EXCEPT FOR A
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