I never understood the ban on using phone calls to set up QSOs. Now that
this door has been open, what is the chance that we might see these tools
allowed for HF contests? Hopefully at least for the 10m contest, given its
similarity in propagation to VHF and a declining sunspot cycle.
73 John AF5CC
On Tue, Jun 16, 2015 at 11:24 PM, Bob K0NR - email list <list@k0nr.com>
wrote:
> I operating a fixed station so my use of assistance was mostly on
> dxmaps.com, watching for general propagation trends.
> I spotted a few stations when I thought it would be helpful to expose
> changing conditions.
> I also monitored the ON4KST chat pages but did not find that very helpful.
> I wasn't doing EME or meteor scatter.
>
> I agree with Joel...seemed refreshing, like we are in the 21st Century. I
> did not see any sketchy contacts or questionable behavior.
>
> 73, Bob K0NR
>
> On 6/15/2015 9:52 AM, Joel Harrison wrote:
>
>> Hi Rick & gang,
>>
>> There was a good group on EME during the contest. In the past it has
>> simply been trying to find a needle in a haystack which was quite
>> frustrating. This weekend we were able to post where we were calling CQ on
>> the N0UK JT65 page and it was refreshing. Everyone played by the rules and
>> made no comments about QSO information and just knowing where everyone was
>> operating generated quite a bit more activity and it was great.
>>
>> Bottom line from here - Loved it, very refreshing and greatly help in
>> generating activity....exactly what it was supposed to do.
>>
>> 73 Joel W5ZN
>>
>>
>> I'd like to get some feedback from those who may have used
>>> self-spotting.What means did you use? Tweet? Phone? APRS? APP?
>>> Internet?Was it useful? Did it change the dynamic of your operation? Any
>>> great QSOs??My personal activity was a rove through 7 grids here in the
>>> mid-Atlantic. Aside from making a few phone calls and texts to alert
>>> stations to my availability, I did not have any time to use anything
>>> else--having covered 660 miles over the weekend. Rick, K1DS/R
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