You guys should try the RAEM contest. Must be one of the most frustrating ones
as nobody bothers listening towards NA.
Rudy N2WQ
From: Jim Brown <k9yc@audiosystemsgroup.com>
To: cq-contest@contesting.com
Sent: Saturday, January 30, 2016 12:02 AM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] CQWW 160 CW: Early Hours Suggestion
On Fri,1/29/2016 9:05 AM, jmaass@k8nd.com wrote:
> One of the things I did during the "off season" is analyze one of our
> frustrations: the fact that we can hear Europe at the beginning of the
> contest, but they*never* answer us.
I also experience this operating from NorCal -- during the first hours
of a Topband contest, we hear a lot of the better equipped stations east
of Chicago, but almost without exception, they don't hear us. W8JI has
analyzed this as a matter of SNR -- the easternmost station has a higher
noise level because the path is in darkness to the east, while we, in
full daylight, have only daytime noise levels. I believe that another
factor is that the east coast stations are all listening to NE RX antennas.
During those first few hours in daylight, I can work 800 miles with high
power, but only on a vertically polarized antenna.
> One other peeve to address, especially for Europe stations: if you call CQ,
> PLEASE allow enough time between calls for someone to be heard! Often, there
> is insufficient time even for our short 'PJ2T' call to be complete before the
> next CQ has begun. It's not like 20-meters: Topband requires a bit more
> listening time to allow for QSB and to allow you to listen on ALL your
> receiving antennas for those responding!
Yes, I have the same frustration with stations not listening. Part of
listening is trying different RX antennas and digging for weaker
signals. You can't do that in 2 seconds!
73, Jim K9YC
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