Thanks for clarifying that Tom. If they had your recording they could
have jumped easily to my conclusion.....they must have been using a
remote receiver etc.....Very dangerous if they are already going into a
situation with a bias.
I would like to know if these recordings have ever been the determining
factor on a DQ? If not, why are we wasting our time with it?
W0MU
On 1/28/2018 5:15 PM, Tom Haavisto wrote:
Based on my observations, I suspect there was some one-way propagation
going on. The first time it happened, it was WTF!?! It happened
maybe half a dozen times over the weekend from ops who I consider to
be very good ops. I know some of them personally, and that is NOT how
they roll. One way propagation would explain what I heard. Seems I
am not the only one to observe this over the last weekend.
The whole point was - an SDR recording would not have captured this
the same way I heard it.
Yes - loosing your run frequency is part of the game. It happens.
You can either stick it out and not make any Q's, or try and find a
new run frequency and start over... Sometimes, its just easier to move...
Tom - VE3CX
On Sun, Jan 28, 2018 at 2:22 PM, W0MU Mike Fatchett <w0mu@w0mu.com
<mailto:w0mu@w0mu.com>> wrote:
What exactly would a recording of what you received proved? That
they moved into your spot? It does not prove anything else. I
suspect you are trying to say they were listening on an SDR which
may or may not be true. How could you prove it. Later it turns
out that maybe it was conditions? This is where things get really
dicey.
Taking over someones spot is part of the game like it or not. I
watched numerous time where East coast stations continued to creep
in on me from both sides. Not much I can do.
W0MU
On 1/28/2018 9:27 AM, Tom Haavisto wrote:
I see there is a (continuing) controversy about contest
recording. My
understanding is the for the CQWW at least, the contest is
recorded from
several locations around the world by SDR receivers and then
shipped to the
contest committee.
I was very much in the camp of “Well – if the contest
committee wants to
hear what happened on the air, they have the time, date and
frequency, as
well as a recording if they want to hear what happened."
Until last night
in the CQ 160 contest, and no, I did not record it.
A few times, someone got pretty close to me, and in one case,
started CQing
right on top of me. Fair disclosure – I run a KW into a full
size vertical,
and these guys were LOUD. A few times, I even checked the amp
and the
wattmeter to make sure things were working, and I was starting
to seriously
wonder about a few folks... Once, twice... OK, something odd
is going
on... A few times when I reverted to S&P, I called a few
loud guys, and
it took them several tries for them to pull out my call. This
was not
normal.
As we all know, 160 is an interesting band and still pulls up
a few
surprises now and then. This being the latest example. An
SDR would not
have captured what I experienced - the only way to capture
this would be a
personal recording.
Just food for thought.
Tom - VE3CX
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