[CQ-Contest] How close is too close?

[somata90924 at mypacks.net]

its called THE CONTEST  ask to qsy and you are ''ignored'or ''why should I", or ''go away",,,,thats why it is all about power and antennas,,,,,,,, it is the CONTEST

joe w6vnr

-----Original Message-----
>From: Randy Thompson K5ZD <k5zd at charter.net>
>Sent: Feb 20, 2012 6:16 AM
>To: sawyered at earthlink.net, cq-contest at contesting.com
>Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] How close is too close?
>
>> Numerous times this weekend I am being asked to QSY when "firing up" about
>> 350 to 500hz away from a BIG GUN Multi.  One of them was 10 over to me on
>> 40M and I had zero problem hearing the noise floor where I was sitting and
>> was actually running at 100 rate.  Yet this clearly bothered the other op.
>> What's with this?
>
>It's called defense.
>
>Some stations are more aggressive at it than others.
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:cq-contest-
>> bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Edward Sawyer
>> Sent: Monday, February 20, 2012 11:56 AM
>> To: cq-contest at contesting.com
>> Subject: [CQ-Contest] How close is too close?
>> 
>> It is interesting that I hear all these great reports of how wonderful the
>> (plug in your favorite radio here) receiver is for close channel
>> separation and brick wall blah blah blah.  Usually the venerable FT1000MP
>> is used as a comparison dummy in the statement.  I run 2 of them here.
>> And low power (which for this past weekend was 150W).
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Numerous times this weekend I am being asked to QSY when "firing up" about
>> 350 to 500hz away from a BIG GUN Multi.  One of them was 10 over to me on
>> 40M and I had zero problem hearing the noise floor where I was sitting and
>> was actually running at 100 rate.  Yet this clearly bothered the other op.
>> What's with this?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Why would the FT1000MP Low Power guy be bothering the full power guy with
>> much newer and clearly better gear?  Is it that they are expecting 700 -
>> 1000hz of quiet breathing room in one of the biggest CW contests of the
>> year on an open band?  I certainly hope not.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> So what is the opinion from the group?  With the great rated receivers out
>> there, how close can someone get on CW and not really bother your run?
>> For me its 350hz.  Inside that and it causes problems.  If I hear 2 guys
>> 700 - 900hz apart, I am slipping in between.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Maybe I should buy an amp and really push the impact out there.  With low
>> power, I shouldn't be your worst problem.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Ed  N1UR
>> 
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