I have been a VHF contester since 1970
Very seldom have I used my call. I generally have been an Op at a multiop
effort.
Yes we either work them or we don't!
Any way we coordinate our activities improves our chances of making a
valid contact on any band we operate.
If two stations "AGREE" to log each on a certain band at a certain time it
does not matter if they decided it a week before
the contest via the US Mail or during the contest using Cell Phones. They
are conspiring together which we as a group neither
condone or encourage but it will occur. Very infrequently I hope.
I still think the operator or group who puts together a good station and
uses all there skills to make the difficult contact a reality
should use all tools available to make that happen.
73 & DX
Walt Murphy N2WM FN21OC
----- Original Message -----
From: "Les Rayburn" <les@highnoonfilm.com>
To: <vhfcontesting@contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2015 2:15 AM
Subject: [VHFcontesting] Manufactured QSO's
Just to be clear, I totally agree with Marshall. You either work them, or
you don't. Especially true on VHF, where skeds are often the rule outside
of contacts. I've tried for hours to work another station on 2M, 222, or
432---knowing full well their entire callsign, grid square, beam heading,
and frequency. Knowing in fact that they were listening hard for me.
Often you hear a bit of CW, or on WSJT you get a decode on a single
sequence, then wait for hours for that next bit of data to come through.
More often that not, it doesn't...and you feel disappointed, but resolve
to try again another day. Neither station logs it as a QSO. VHF operators
have a lot of integrity in that regard. You either work them, or you
don't.
That's why Internet spotting on VHF is so important. It greatly reduces
the amount of time that you spend listening to white noise, and looking
for stations to work.
I dare say that HF contesting would have ceased to exist a long time ago
if the majority of operators had to spend hours searching for a single
station to work.
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73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
6M VUCC #1712
AMSAT #38965
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