[CQ-Contest] CQ tips and tricks - not

[Randy Thompson, K5ZD]

W9WI said:
>
> Now, to a certain degree Eric has a point.  SO2R *has* substantially
> increased pressure on run frequencies, by eliminating the need to give
> up your run frequency when you go trolling for multipliers.  It *is*
> frustrating to be unable to find an available run frequency.
>

Why the emphasis on SO2R in this conversation? It is really packet, and its
use by SOA+MS+MM stations that is making frequencies more difficult to find.
The packet assisted entries can rely on other s to find the DX - they just
have to keep CQing.

There are probably less than 100 stations doing serious SO2R in a contest
like CQWW. There are many many more than that using packet.

Either way, it is a reality of contesting today. Contests are won by who
makes the most QSOs, which implies the most CQing.

Randy, K5ZD