[CQ-Contest] Contest SSB Frequencies

[pwhelton at earthlink.net]

Hi Barry.  This probably won't answer your question but I did want to
comment where the guy "wanted to know your exact frequency so he could tune
it better".  His comment is exactly why I don't like SSB contests.  To me
everyone sounds like a duck and I have a hard time tuning them in.   Don't
get me wrong I do participate in SSB contests but they are not my favorite.

As an aside on CW I usually shoot for .050 Khz (i.e.:  21.015.50, 21.031.50,
21.037.50, etc).

Regards,

Pat - KZ5J

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From: CQ-Contest <cq-contest-bounces+pwhelton=earthlink.net at contesting.com>
On Behalf Of Barry Jacobson
Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2023 9:51 AM
To: CQ-Contest Reflector <CQ-Contest at contesting.com>
Subject: [CQ-Contest] Contest SSB Frequencies

Hi, due to poor hearing, I am not on SSB that much, but mainly CW. However,
some improvements with my hearing device have made me more willing to try
SSB. I am wondering if people always use integral number of KHz. In CW, I
never paid attention to exact freq, just found empty freq in band and called
CQ. But recently was calling CQ for a ragchew in SSB, and the fellow said I
am on a fractional freq and wanted to know exactly what it was so he could
tune it better. Said was unusual. Is that always the practice in SSB and in
SSB contests to use whole numbers? I imagine the bands get crowded and not
always so easy to find a whole number freq. Please correct me if that is
standard practice in CW and RTTY, as well, something I never knew about.

73,

Barry WA2VIU

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Barry Jacobson
WA2VIU
bdj at alum.mit.edu
@bdj_phd
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