I have a friend who is an avvid cw contester, and he operates in the low power class. He's upset over the recent band changes on 80 meters that squeezes us altogether, I think like a lot of us our. H
Mike, Yeah, just let it go. It's not worth arguing about, and its not going to change so why beat each other up? It sounds like he is just venting to you, a good friend. Let him vent and he'll feel b
I don't know about your friend specifically. I know from listening to several ops talk who use all sorts of digital modes that it's common for them to operate with the volume on their radio turned of
Sounds like sour grapes. Pay it no mind. It's a matter of personal choice for what enjoyment we as individuals want to get from our operating. Some will agree and some won't. The increasing popularit
Hi Guys and thanks for taking the time to respond. As I mentioned, I'm no threat of winning anything, but just enjoy contesting, period. When I do feel like I can run stations (not very often) I'll g
The problem with the QRL is that it can cause QRM if you simply plop down there and send the QRL. During a RTTY contest, in the RTTY "portion" of the band, just find a clear spot and listen. If you d
Please Sir !! I even have a Macro set to send QRL ??? <cheeky grin> Nope <even wider cheeky grin> and you wouldn't even see the trace on the waterfall at 35plus wpm. 73 Graham M5AAV _________________
I have had problems on 80 lately with intentional CW QRM. I do listen, I do send QRLs. But this guy just would not quit, so I moved up the band a ways and he followed me there. Never did ID, just sen
As a CW contester, and I've been QRMed by RTTY guys. Conversely, when I've operated RTTY contests, I've been QRMed by CW guys (probably more frequently.) So it works both ways. Part of the problem is
I suffer intentional anonymous QRM from one or more CW stations in nearly every contest. If i just sit there and continue calling through them, not reacting in any way, they usually get tired after a
Stop the presses! That was put in by someone else! My posting, if you read it, said "I go to a frequency and send QRL QRL, DE K9MI? I will not doing any name calling, but I was told how wrong that wa
I have found the same thing. It's not an excuse to start transmitting on top of them, but when I have been running a freq. for a while, and they find me, I continue running there, usually with little
On Thu, 15 Mar 2007 23:00:39 -0000, "Mike K9MI" <k9mi@sbcglobal.net> wrote: Apologies for misquoting, or rather incorrectly defining the source. I send QRL? more often than not, even after waiting a
After 20-30 minutes the rate did drop to almost nothing anyway. They guy never did let up though. Notch would take him out of my bandpass anyway. When he first came on I thought maybe I had come up o
The same thing can be said about CW and phone contests ... there is always something out there from the East Podunk Sprint to the Empty State QSO Party. You can thank the ARRL for not promoting RTTY
Seems to me CW is allowed on every single amateur radio allocation in the US, save for 219-220 MHz and the 5 60 m SSB channels. RTTY? Eh, not so much. No sympathy from me (save for listening before y