[CQ-Contest] Contest spotting

[Bill Turner]

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On Thu, 16 Nov 2006 13:56:38 -0600 (CST), stoskopf at tri.net wrote:


>The downside of no spotting in contests is that I was on Easter Island for
>a few hours the first night of the CQWWPhone.  Set up on 15M and called CQ
>forever.  Tried calling the big guns and got "Too weak OM" or such.  Could
>actually hear the back lobes of their beams as they scanned NE to NW. 
>Finally did a bit of S&P on isolated stations and managed to get their
>attention by calling "Zone 12, Zone 12".  Worked a couple of Russians who
>were obviously turned my way, ZL, KH6, and a couple of stateside stations
>who were patient and gave me 57s when the beams came around.  I asked all
>to spot me and was always told, "Not assisted".  My hotel had no Internet
>connection so basically I wasted four hours on 15 and 20M for 8 contacts. 
>At least I had fun earlier that week as VP6UU.  N0UU

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Why 15 meters at this point in the sunspot cycle? I'd think 20 would
have gotten you all you could handle.

Bill, W6WRT