[CQ-Contest] NIL on 40m SSB split

[Guy Olinger, K2AV]

This one smells like the old
fumble-fingered-ten-thumbs-while-working-USA-SSB-stations-at-4-AM-in-t
he-morning-local-after-being-up-all-night jinx.

In your case, specifically, from across the pond,

   "November Four Tango Zulu Five Nine One Four"

   as he types in "N4RZ", and too bleary eyed to tell he missed the
key...

Been there, done that...

73, Guy.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Zivney, Terry L." <00tlzivney at bsu.edu>
To: <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Cc: <smc at qth.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2002 9:44 AM
Subject: [CQ-Contest] NIL on 40m SSB split


> Like many of you, I have been studying my UBN report
> from the 2001 CQ WW SSB contest in order to see what
> copying mistakes I had made.
>
> My biggest surprise was that I lost 3 multipliers on
> 40 m ssb.  Now, I could easily understand thinking I
> was working one station while actually working another
> in the crowded 40m CW segment, but how in the world
> does this happen when working split?  In each case,
> I was transmitting up on the frequency requested by
> the DX station calling CQ.  In each case, I am sure
> I heard my call on the CQ frequency.  In each case,
> I obviously copied a valid call on the CQ frequency,
> because the three stations in question each made more
> than 4,000 QSOs.  And, needless to say, each of these
> stations had big signals so it seems unlikely there
> was a second station CQing on the same frequency and
> listening on the same split, given that most of the
> time the standard CQ includes "listening on this
> frequency and 72**."
>
> What can I do to improve on this problem?
>
> Terry Zivney, N4TZ/9
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