On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 8:11 PM, Scott Ellington <k9ma@sdellington.us> wrote:
>
> Late in most any contest, there's clearly a lot of unproductive CQ
> activity going on, so wouldn't a way to make more productive use of that
> spectrum be desirable? It could keep a lot of casual operators from
> getting bored and turning off their radios, as I know I often do.
>
> Even with the modest number of QSO's I usually have in my log by the
> second day, my runs typically peter out after a while, to the point where
> I'm lucky to be making one QSO every one or two minutes. At that point, I
> usually go back to S&P. If I can't find a reasonable number of new
> contacts, I bail for a while. One tactic I'm think of trying is, when it's
> getting slow and I'm ready to quit trying to run anyway, to offer the
> frequency to one of my callers. That's as opposed to just abandoning the
> frequency, which more than likely will quickly be claimed by a big gun. It
> won't guarantee my last caller can hold the frequency, but at least it
> gives him/her a chance. Any suggestions on how to get that message across
> on CW? "UR FREQ"?
>
>
It would be interesting if a major ssb dx contest dared to restrict the
percentage/duration of time you could run on 40/20/15M.
73, Barry N1EU
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