I agree totally, This is where I used to go into the old novice bands and run the contest if i was out jut for fun. Hey I get on the air, and make a bunch of contacts, maybe just ATT for the whole we
You bet the QRPers work contesters. I recently got a QSL from a guy in NY for the FQP. I worked him while he was using 1/100 of a watt...on SSB! Bill K4XS In a message dated 5/31/2013 10:33:01 P.M. C
Slow is what I get most of the time and I never turn down a weak signal . Some time I have to do some serious digging and QRS on my part. When a guy is just too low to copy I sometimes tell them plea
and then there is my gripe..............ss4ss drops down to 160 by request of w1abd, ss4ss works w1abd, sends one maybe two CQs and off he goes.................but wait!!!! the 15 or so of us working
If I am CQing at 30 wpm , and a station calls me , well I would assume he can copy me. If he can't copy me , why would he call.? I really enjoy 30 - 40 wpm If I had to run the contest at 20 wpm, I wo
Glenn, 1) He may have listened to you for the past 5 minutes, eeking out your call sign letter by letter? 2) He would call you because he wants to make a contact? 3) If a station calls me at 20 wpm I
Bob: I don't think you could have made it plainer as to why cut numbers other than 5NN are going to cause reduced rates for people who work you { and me and a number of others] . If we get many peopl
One more thing.. if the exchange is sent at .. say 45wpm.. and you miss it... will it hurt you more.. or me.. to miss the Q? And could it be.. just possible.. that later.. when you need that Q.. the
I usually split the difference. If I am CQing at 34 WPM and someone comes back to me at about 20-25 WPM, I usually slow down to around 28 to 30 for that Q and QRQ back to 34 WPM on my QRZ. Almost alw
Two forms of contesting I really enjoy, do not use cut numbers. They don't usually use "leading zeroes" (or "leading T's") either: ARRL SS, and Sprinting. Those are events that "respect the exchange"
Tim I can assure you that had I received that nr, the sending station would have at least 2 attempts to send it the Long Slow way. That way he gets ample opournity to gain some time. Ha ha Rex K7QQ T