Technically - this would be a rules violation. I will argue that you can't use that 20 meter frequency until the "one subsequent QSO is made" and it isn't made until it is completed. And - it is just
Tree, You problably all already there, if I read in between the lines in your post, is what I've felt for quite a while: put more of the thinking, planning and stratagy back into the efforts, rather
It's a fine line, but, yeah, you can't call CQ on the same frequency until the other QSO is finished - not "in process." The whole point is to move. That should be obvious. If you move you can start
WC7S: post, >is what I've felt for quite a while: put more of the thinking, planning and >stratagy back into the efforts, rather than brute force. Fewer radios, yes, >fewer band changes, yes, and a q
Tree, could you elaborate on why you feel this way? Is it because you feel that some two radio guys are making pseudo "round robin" QSO's, with the "intervening" QSO starting on another band before t
Is there maybe a semantic issue here, rather than a real one? I thought Howie was describing something like the following - assume starting with calling someone on 20 while CQing on 40: on 20 N4AF se
SO2R isn't brute force -- it's thinking and strategy. I agree with Scott, and SO2R isn't even something that you need to do all the time. I do not have any of the automatic SO2R features enabled with
But you have made K5ZD wait a long time before N4AF responds to him. If I was K5ZD, I probably would have given up on N4AF. You have made N6TR wait even longer for N4AF to respond. I certainly wouldn
(Sorry Howie for dragging you through all this). Fair enough Pete. Your scenario is not what Jamie originally posted. Jamie said Howie sent a CQ on 20 and got an answer. So, in Jamie's original scena
I agree with Steve - none of the "top dogs" would wait that long - in fact, since they would have dropped the call in while calling CQ on another band, they probably wouldn't have waited. On the othe
It's interesting this topic came up. Just the other day while having lunch with K4BAI (and talking about the Sprint) I made the comment to John that "I sure had a hard time working N4AF" I think I ca
Hi Jeff, Considering sprints are hard enough as it is without a second radio, I agree with most of what you're saying. However, in the interests of understanding this thread, I looked up the Special
I think I see now why every time I try a sprint or NS, nobody ever answers me. If I CQ, nothing. If I call while S&P, I get a CQ back in my grill. I remember the time in the mid 1990s that I broke 10
This SO2R CW Sprint discussion really is about "it's not how it used to be, or how someone thinks it was intended to be". I have no idea how it used to be or how it was intended to be. My first CW Sp
Jeff, I have to agree with you on this one. I've heard K5ZD say many time that good SO2R is undetectable to others on the band, and its my opinion that this is true for those contesters who are good
Perhaps it comes down to a fairly simple rule of thumb - don't CQ on the second radio unless you're prepared to answer when the CQ finishes. In Sprinting, there is zero reason to CQ to "hold a freque
David Pruett wrote: "nobody would be complaining (well, nobody except K4WW)." Complain = to express grief, pain, or discontent Conviction = a strong persuasion or belief Dave....I'm very disappointed
I spent a long time doing the Sprint SO1R, but my scores have really improved since I started doing SO2R. Maybe also now having 4/4 monobanders on 20m and gain on the low bands has helped as well :)
Warren asked: "...Of course, there's also the issue of when to practice, and how?..." and Ted answered: the NCCC-sponsored Thursday night (and sometimes Friday) sprint practices were started expressl