Hi,
I participate in some on air activities that involve low power and/or
compromise antennas. Honest signal reports are desired and appreciated. Perhaps
not so much in the Stew but RST is not dead yet.
73,
Bill KU8H
> On Dec 8, 2025, at 5:19 PM, n0tt1@juno.com wrote:
>
>
>>
>> Another trend I noted was people not sending the 599. Several were just
> sending their section.
> The "599" is a place filler in the exchange, but not sending it seemed
> to slow things down."
>
> I noticed that too. Other OPs are expecting a certain sequence in the
> exchange
> and if that's disrupted then it may cause a problem. Especially if
> signal strength
> is marginal.
>
> Charlie, N0TT
>
> On Mon, 8 Dec 2025 15:36:26 +0000 jon jones <n0jk@hotmail.com> writes:
>> I missed K7RAT despite looking... I had put up a ¼ wave wire in tall
>> trees on our farm north of Lawrence. It worked really well. It came
>> down last week in the snow storm. So to hand out a few Qs used
>> the rain gutter on our home again.
>>
>> Despite a minimal antenna and my old TS-850 at 50 watts, worked many
>> people "S & P" including PJ2T and KP4AA. And Don, WD8DSB — thanks!
>>
>> Conditions seemed down Friday night with east coast stations weak
>> and unworkable. Better Saturday evening and worked many W2, W3s and
>> K1KI CT. Copied several W6 but no luck. N7EPD WWA strong but didn't
>> copy me. High K index didn't help.
>>
>> Tree has a point with the exchange issue and timing. Sending the
>> other station's call helps. Another trend I noted was people not
>> sending the 599. Several were just sending their section. The "599"
>> is a place filler in the exchange, but not sending it seemed to slow
>> things down.
>>
>>
>> *
>> Jon N0JK
>>
>> ________________________________
>>
>>> Conditions have not been so good - although I did manage some East
>> Coast
>> QSOs around midnight local time.
>>
>> One or two QSOs didn't make it into the log for a reason I would
>> like to
>> share. When the band is open to Europe for the East Coast, it is
>> common
>> for us West Coast people to end up on their frequency as it is
>> totally
>> clear on this end. If an East Coast station sends their call sign -
>> but
>> totally out of sync, we pretty much know what is happening.
>> However, if
>> the timing is good - then we can feel confident that they are
>> working us.
>>
>> However, when I am low power - it is hard for the East coast station
>> to
>> hear me - add in some QSB - and thus the timing might get messed up.
>> I had
>> this happen last night (calls changed to protect the guilty):
>>
>> CQ TEST K7RAT
>> K3ZO
>> K3ZO 5NN OR
>> <nothing>
>> K3ZO 5NN OR
>> <nothing>
>> K3ZO 5NN OR
>> <them sending the exchange but out of sync>
>> <K3ZO 5NN OR>
>> K3ZO 5NN MDC
>> <nothing>
>>
>> At no time during this am I feeling very confident that I am the one
>> being
>> worked. Instead of sending K3ZO again - which I already have -
>> sending
>> K7RAT once would really help me understand what is happening.
>>
>> Food for thought. Again - if the QSO is well timed, this isn't
>> necessary -
>> but if things are difficult due to QSB, sending the "other" guy's
>> call when
>> S&Ping really helps.
>>
>> Thanks for reading.
>>
>> Tree N6TR / K7RAT
>>
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