[CQ-Contest] Need advice re amps/setups for contesting

[Charlie Gallo]

On 10/28/2009 James Thresher wrote:

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> Just remember that if you can't hear them, you can't work them. So
> I would strongly suggest you look at your antenna's first, even if
> the improvements are only small given your restrictions.

> 73 James 2E0YOM

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I'm in a similar situation to Tim (although there are some antenna improvements that might happen).  One of the seriously frustrating parts of CQWW when running low power, and low short antennas is you CAN hear a lot of folks, but they CAN'T hear YOU.  Every Q takes 2-3 minutes to get a quiet spot, and a lot of the time (certain operators), they are calling CQ over, and over, and over, with 5-10 second breaks (just long enough to throw a call sign) and if you don't come in loud enough, they never even try to come back


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