Hi Mike,
rate versus multipliers
five pointers versus two
what's a contester to do?
One of the lessons one should learn is to listen first, which seems to be an
eternal issue for many, and see what the run station is doing. If you're not in
the area that they are running, move on and come back later. I remember having
the same quandary with VY2ZM a few years back, he was LOUD here and I figured
it would be a quick and easy Q, but Jeff was running EU. Smoke 'em while ya got
'em.
This past weekend I heard E77DX and XE2S a squeak away from US run stations
calling CQ. I KNOW they were listening for the Canada and the US, but it was
obvious they didn't have propagation at the time *sigh*. CQ160 or CQWWDX is
another ball of wax hihi...
Happy Holidays and all the best for 2012,
Jules
Julius Fazekas
N2WN
Tennessee Contest Group
http://k4tcg.org/
http://groups.google.com/group/tcg1?hl=en
Tennessee QSO Party
http://www.tnqp.org/
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From: Mike & Coreen Smith <ve9aa@nbnet.nb.ca>
To: topband@contesting.com
Sent: Sunday, December 4, 2011 5:35 PM
Subject: Re: Topband: ARRL 160 conditions
I had this problem with CN2R a couple yrs ago in some contest or
pileup......we were on 160m and he was S9 or better....
We finally worked and so, what the heck, I emailed the op later to ask
(nicely) if he was deaf or what?
I got a nice reply that at that time they had a multitude of beverages (I
forget how many 8, 9?) and that he was mostly working EU's at the time.
I was embarrassed for complaining, but that would sure explain it ! (HI)
Mike VE9AA
Mike, Coreen & Corey Smith
699 Rte 616 Keswick Ridge
NB
Canada
E6L 1T1
----- Original Message -----
From: Wayne Mills
To: 'Brian_ve7jkz' ; topband@contesting.com
Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2011 1:24 PM
Subject: Re: Topband: ARRL 160 conditions
"Bang on zero beat" IS a problem. I am noticing more and more of that as
(I
guess) more and more guys rely on SPOTTING SOFTWARE! Arrrrgh! It doesn't
make any sense to call exactly zero beat.
As I mentioned in an earlier post, using directional receive only antennas
seems to be a problem. Maybe I can't hear a station at all without my rx
antenna, but maybe I can't hear others in the wrong direction. I haven't
figured out the best way to use directional rx antennas. Maybe the someone
needs to develop antenna scanning software ;-)
Wayne, N7NG
Jackson Hole
-----Original Message-----
From: topband-bounces@contesting.com
[mailto:topband-bounces@contesting.com]
On Behalf Of Brian_ve7jkz
Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2011 10:02 AM
To: topband@contesting.com
Subject: Topband: ARRL 160 conditions
Very disappointing indeed, although always nice to work the east coast,
ME, WNY, VA, MAR (PEI) etc from the wet coast. And CE3 was a nice one.
For the propagation experts out there did the poor conditions reflect
the increasing solar flux as the new cycle gets going? Or is it just one
of those things?
I was also surprised at some strong signals I called several times and
they never came back. I put out about 400W or so to a shunt fed tower
(56 feet with 8 element beam on top), with lots of radials, and like to
think I get out reasonably well for what I have. So if some of these
very strong signal stations don't hear me and continue CQ'ing what does
it mean? Maybe they have very high noise levels in which case putting
out a mega signal doesn't buy much if they can't hear those
calling......? I would add that my home brew radio has a very neat way
of ensuring I'm bang on zero beat so that's not the problem.
Tnx to all 205 who worked me.
Brian VE7JKZ
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