[CQ-Contest] : Reverse beacon of my own call?

[Steve London]

So, let's take this very likely scenario, at least for those of us in 
the western USA ...

It's CQWW. You're on a band that seems to be open to Europe. You launch 
a few CQ's. The RBN reports that you are being heard in the USA, but not 
in Europe. Being the smart contester that you are, you conclude that 
this must be a bad frequency in Europe - perhaps a UA9 that you can't 
hear is also on the frequency. You QSY to a better spot.

Haven't you received assistance from the RBN ?

73,
Steve, N2IC

On 07/25/2013 04:49 PM, Jeff Clarke wrote:
>
> Personally I don’t think using the RBN to see how loud you are is really going to make any difference in your score.
>
> 1) Because you are monitoring your signal strength on the band you are CQing on and you have set the filter to display ONLY your call sign.
>
> 2) Most of the serious single operators are using two radios anyway so they know what the propagation is like on the bands they aren’t running on.
>
> Jeff KU8E
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