I can't speak for anyone else on this Steve, but as a very little pistol
running 100 Watts to verticals, trying to maintain a run frequency can be...
challenging.
If the band opens and a few stations start calling, sooner or later (usually
sooner) someone pops up an "out muscles" me to take over the frequency.
Sometimes it's one of the DX -- calls me, then calls CQ after the contact is
completed; sometimes it's someone in North America whom I may not always hear.
[ For the record... This is an observation, not a complaint. ]
So I simply don't bother any longer. I just do near 100% S&P. Much less
aggravation, even if my total score is way down from what I could do with a
decent run or two.
BTW, thanks for the mult on 20 yesterday. Sorry it was the only band I heard
you on!
73, ron w3wn
On 03/07/16, Stephen Bloom wrote:
The other thing I'll add ....being DX for this contest is ...that relatively
few US/Canada stations were running ....period. I operated assisted ...but
also did extensive tuning .....and out of 1900 plus Qs ..only 50 or so were
S&P.
73
Steve KL7SB
-----Original Message-----
From: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of
Barry N1EU
Sent: Monday, March 07, 2016 3:53 AM
To: cq-contest reflector <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Your DX Spots during the ARRL SSB DX Contest
Based on my experience this weekend, I've got to question whether more than
a handful of assisted European operators even tune the bands, rather than
just click on spots. Not sure if assisted American operators were any
different.
73, Barry N1EU
> Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2016 12:32:37 -0500 (EST)
> From: donovanf@starpower.net
>
> An unexpected side effect of CW Skimmers in CW DX contests is that
> many operators no longer spot DX stations in any DX contest. Good
> sportsmanship suggests that if you use DX spots this weekend you
> should also contribute at least as many DX spots.
>
>
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