In the few times that I have actually used packet during a contest, I have
relied upon it less for spotting a rare one. What I have found more useful
is advanced notice of a rare opening or early signs that a band is opening
during the course of the day. back when propogation was really good about
7 or 8 years back, I remember working WW at a calm pace. Out of the
blue at about 9:30 or 10:00 came a big opening to VK and ZL when 10 meters
should have been dead.
Rich KI6ZH
To: W1HIJ @ contesting.com
cc: garyk9gs @ solaria.sol.net, cq-contest @ contesting.com (bcc:
Richard DiDonna/WRF)
From: wl7e @ silverlink.net @ SMTP
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Contesting, exchanges/frequency
If you "depend" on a packet spot to be correct during a contest, you must
be
crazy! I have to assume that some people would "spot" the dx station to let
others know they are there. Perhaps it began as a joke to spot an
"incorrect" callsign but who it to say. Rule of thumb: Always, always,
always hear what the true call is. Personally, I don't call if I don't know
the callsign. At the KL7Y crew we have had packet only for the last few
years. One of the first things noted was the incorrect calls spotted. I,
for
one, am VERY glad my mentor, Dan KL7Y, is as good as he is. One other thing
to note from me. I recall about 20 years ago when I became a ham I was
listening to a "huge dx pileup." I sent my call (then KL7IB), got a "599"
report, but never got the call. I was so disappointed as I thought I had
missed a really good dxcc. I did note that qso in my paper logs at that
time. Low and behold, I got a card one day a few years later with the exact
date and time of that qso. It was with an 8J0 station which was only a
special event station in Japan itself. Geez, I spent all that thinking I
missed a "big" one! I did appreciate the card from the 8J0 and you can
imagine how many JA cards a KL7 gets. But I won't go into the qsling thread
from a few weeks ago. Dan said it all.
73,
Joe - WL7E/7
At 09:35 AM 3/13/98 -0800, W1HIJ--Bill wrote:
>>I operated primarily 20M this past weekend and noted that during "prime
>>time" to Europe on both Saturday and Sunday that the spotting of
>>busted calls was running anywhere from 25 to 30%.
>>
>To put that in perspective--- in the recent CQ's report of WPX SSB results
>(March '98, p. 17), it's mentioned that some 525 logs contained about
>45,000 different calls... of which just under 24,000 WERE UNIQUE OR
BUSTED!
>What does that tell us about the quality of operator/typist/logger or
>dependence on someone else's spots??
>
>73,
>
>Bill, W1HIJ
>Newport Beach, CA, DM13bo
>ex WN1HIJ, W7GEG, AC6UH
>Newport Beach RACES (ass't R/O)
>
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