On Fri, Apr 07, 2006 at 08:42:40PM +0000, Bill Olson wrote:
> That being said, up here in rural Maine, I will often call CQ to the
> Northeast on 144.2. This is because the VE1's often MONITOR 144.2. I am
> often the only station they heard all weekend because, while I am far off
> the beaten path, they are even FARTHER.. With my beam to the NE I am qrming
> no one and being qrmed by no one, but it occasionally results in a contact
> and a new grid. For this reason and probably a lot of others, it's silly
> making rules like QSY rules or "not using the calling frequency" rules or
> anything like that in a VHF contest.. It's not the same as not allowing
> operation on 146.52 on FM.. like what's the calling frequency anyway??
> 144.200. ok... how about 144.203?? 144.201? how about 144.2005? How about 1
> Hz above 144.2? If it's not enforceable.. it's a stupid rule..
I don't agree with your last two statements - but so be it.
> I think the experienced contest stations KNOW to stay away from .200.. At
> least they should if they want to get a good score.. We should be using ths
> forum to let the newcomers understand things they might not know just
> starting out. Things like when I hear a station S9 calling CQ from 300 miles
> away, that he probably has pretty high power and if I am running 10 watts,
> he might not hear me due to a lot of other stations calling him that are
> either closer or running higher power.. I may not hear the other stations
> because they are pointing away from me toward the station I am trying to
> work.. If I have low power I should be "tuning and pouncing" a lot and if I
> run out of stations to call and need to call CQ it should be a good distance
> away from then calling frequency.. The big guns KNOW to tune for me. If they
> don't they are missing QSO's and the really good stations don't miss much!
I read this and realize that I live in a totaly different world.
If the big guns already avoid the calling frequency (which is not the norm
here) - what if we made the QSY rule only apply if you are on it? It gets
policed by the other people on the frequency.
Tree
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