I've used this radio for over a year, I consistently get good reports on audio quality?
I don't know if there is an easy way to see or detect spurious emissions without a spectrum analyzer or monitoring on the receive end - that said I've used it with FT8, FT4, RTTY , CW, and SSB , at times with the PA-500 amp and have NEVER been told "your signal is dirty, overdriven or splattering "