A few random thoughts following the ARRL DX Phone contest. - Why don't the Carribbean expeditions transmit above 7100? There were some clear frequencies around 7101-7102 and 7106 that would have been
Last time I tried running DX on 40SSB (admittedly a LONG time ago!) I explicitly stated I was listening on both a frequency below 7100 *and* my transmit frequency. A handful of VKs and a few folks in
CW - No. Phone - yes, by 48 hours. Paul, K1XM -- The world's top contesters battle it out in Finland! THE OFFICIAL FILM of WRTC 2002 now on professional DVD and VHS! http://home1.pacific.net.sg/~jam
Ah hah, the 'Great WPX debate'. (CQ-Contest circa Spring '98) Al G0XBV -- The world's top contesters battle it out in Finland! THE OFFICIAL FILM of WRTC 2002 now on professional DVD and VHS! http://h
You cannot reasonably predict when you will have good prop. 1st hr of the contest we listened to EU/U.S. from V2. We knew that was going to happen..Band condition are a dice toss. Leave the contests
Hi Randy, When running 40m SSB split, I used to state that I was listening on my transmit and receive freq. It was rare to get a response on my transmit freq. A few times I operated transceiver on th
I think many of you missed the point I was trying to make. When I suggested transmitting above 7100, I meant just above 7100. Like 2 or 4 or 6 Khz! Just enough to get out of the QRM, but still where
snip ... Just my two cents: I'm against any time reduction, 48 hours are always fine to me. Probably a limited to 24 hours category and/or a mixed mode option could give a sort of new life to some co
At 12:28 PM 3/12/2004 +0000, Randy Thompson, K5ZD wrote: A few random thoughts following the ARRL DX Phone contest. - Why don't the Carribbean expeditions transmit above 7100? There were some clear f