I think the problem was too many people way to close to each other, if not
right on top of each other. Here's what I noticed...
I wasn't doing anything serious this weekend. We had our company Christmas
party Friday night so I knew I would be off to a very late start. I got
home around 0300Z and figured I would just hand out some QSOs. So, I s&p'd
up and down the band twice, making over 200 QSOs in less than 2 hours.
It was incredibly packed with signals. More times than not, when I called a
station I heard multiple stations coming back to me. At least one on the
frequency I called on, perhaps one a bit above, one a bit below, etc.
I stopped after a couple of hours, but came back a few hours later and made
the rounds again. Many stations I called that time told me "QSO b4". When
I said "not in my log", they just said "QSO b4 tu cq test..." or something.
Well, ok... I am happy to be in your log but, unfortunately for you, you are
not in mine!
73,
Tom, NI1N
----- Original Message -----
From: <KI9A@aol.com>
To: <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2005 3:50 PM
Subject: [CQ-Contest] Dupes during the ARRL 160
> Was it just me, or did anyone else notice an EXTREME amount of dupes this
> weekend?
>
> I was at K9SD Friday evening, & when I left the chair at 0700, I had
> about
> 700 QSO's in the log, & about 20 dupes! I made all of the Q's but 5 or 6
> via
> CQing. I can't recall another contest where there was such a problem. I
> logged the dupes, & had only one guy come back say SRI, dupe.
>
> We were "testing" a new ICOM 7800, & was kinda thinking with the FB
> filtering of that rig, maybe I was too close to another station, & they
> were actually
> calling them? Dunno...
>
> 73-Chuck KI9A
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