Most everyone is on the calling frequency here because of the sparse
population. People often times shut up when they hear a distant qso having
problems working. I guess it is just the nature of the beast in less dense
areas and the qrm is part of the contest. A good beam helps the qrm. On
the other hand I am sure I missed contacts roving because of congestion of
the calling freq but on the third hand I also get piled up when someone
notices tier "qrm" working me out in the middle of nowhere and aims out
there too.
frank bechdoldt
> [Original Message]
> From: Kenneth E. Harker <kenharker@kenharker.com>
> To: VHF Contesting <vhfcontesting@contesting.com>
> Date: 4/6/2006 5:24:39 AM
> Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] K7RAT Two Meter Spring Sprint
>
> On Wed, Apr 05, 2006 at 04:29:02PM -0700, Radiosporting Fan wrote:
> > --- Tree <tree@kkn.net> wrote:
> > > Think we should use the NCJ sprint QSY rule to help
> > > spread things out.
> >
> > > Would elminate one or two big guns having to hog the
> > > calling frequency all evening to get the best score.
> >
> > On the other hand, the best operators in your region
> > probably already realize that the big guns are sitting
> > on 144.200 and are already tuning +/- 30 kHz, looking
> > for the little pistols.
> >
> > Unfortunately, those little pistols have apparently
> > not figured out that it is easier to make contacts by
> > calling CQ (even at QRP power levels) at -15 kHz than
> > it is listening to the big guns hogging the calling
> > frequency and complining that they are.
>
> This is unfortunately incorrect.
>
> I have operated a lot of contests from a four-band station
> with individual monoband yagis at ~90' and brick amplifiers
> or better located in the center of a relatively good sized
> city in Texas. Several years ago, as an experiment, I
> operated an entire September contest never once calling CQ
> on 144.200. I answered people calling CQ there, but all of
> my CQing I did on 144.205, 144.210, etc... I operated the
> contest full time and only took a few hours off in the middle
> of the night. The result? I could count the number of
> stations that answered my off-144.200 CQs on one hand.
> My score compared to previous years dropped 70%. It was
> abysmal.
>
> I know not all parts of the country are alike, but in Texas,
> if you're not on the calling frequency, you're losing the
> contest.
>
> > I run a stack of halos and 200 watts. I've often
> > wondered why my CQ's go unanswered for 20 minutes,
> > only to eventually hear a BigGun's signal begin to
> > build as they turn their antennas my way. I'm a big
> > boy, and this is a competition. I can't take them
> > on...so I move. Within moments, I have answers again.
> >
> > It's all part of becoming a better operator (that is,
> > until my 2m KW is built...and I add another 8
> > halos...THEN I'll take 'em on. <grin>).
> >
> > Ev, W2EV
> >
> >
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