[CQ-Contest] Diversity in SS

Barry w2up at mindspring.com
Tue Nov 4 00:37:06 EST 2003


Speaking of Q's, in my limited SS contesting (~100 QSOs at full 
power), I noticed that although I copied the Q's full exchange the 
first time, many of them required repeats from me 2 or 3 times. Are 
they using QRP on receive also - audio turned way down? No, I wasn't 
QRQ. 
Barry W2UP

On 3 Nov 2003 Pete Smith wrote:

> A discussion on the PVRC reflector about the wide variety of entries in SS 
> inspired me to do a quick check.  My log shows 598 A's, 214 B's, 138 U's, 
> 128 Q's, 42 M's and 3 S's.  Of the Q's, only 4 were S&P QSOs for me.  I'm 
> guessing that most QRP stations don't CQ much; the 4 who did were VE6RFM, 
> KU5B, K4XS, and N0AC.  I remember VE6RFM was weak, but I was desperate 
> (2145Z on Sunday); the other three were very competitive with the A's and 
> more than a few of the B's.
> 
> 
> 73, Pete N4ZR
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