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Re: Topband: cluster-QSOs Y or N ?

To: "topband@contesting.com" <topband@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: Topband: cluster-QSOs Y or N ?
From: "Jim Brown" <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>
Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2005 16:10:11 -0600
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On 11 Nov 2005 15:47 GMT, df2py@t-online.de wrote:

>the number of so-called cluster QSOs is increasing. 

It depends entirely on how the operators involved handle the 
information. I can hear almost none of the 160m cluster spots, 
thanks to lots of receive noise. In fact, I read the cluster mostly 
so that I'll avoid QRM'ing someone I can't hear. 

If I'm throwing out some "hail mary" CQ's and praying, it would be 
nice to know that at least someone hears me, even if I can't make a 
Q out of it. That's happened to me on 80 when I tried for 5 minutes 
to pull a call out of the noise. It made me feel better, but I 
didn't even think of counting it as a Q.  

Jim K9YC



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