[CQ-Contest] Contest SSB Frequencies

[Pete Smith N4ZR]

I think a distinction needs to be made for CW - if (as usually happens), 
a large part of the pileup is the result of just clicking on a spot,  
because of the100 Hz resolution of the packet network, then  I submit 
that what you really want to do, if you're an Assisted op, is is to move 
a little off the clicked frequency - I generally move toward the DX, 
approaching zero-beat and it seems to work well.

73, Pete N4ZR

On 8/16/2023 3:14 PM, Mike Fatchett W0MU wrote:
> It would not matter what you told him.  While some people use GPS and 
> other forms to absolutely be as perfect as they can with their 
> frequency read outs, most don't.  On SSB you tune for what sound the 
> best TO YOU.  I have never cared what the vfo says as long as I am 
> able to make contacts and not interfering too much with other contests 
> etc.  Same on CW where ever it is clear I use it.  With CW you would 
> do well in pileups not to zero beat the station. Being off just a bit 
> makes you sound a bit different or possibly easier to pick out.
>
> Good Luck
>
> W0MU
>
> On 8/16/2023 10:25 AM, pwhelton at earthlink.net wrote:
>> 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
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> 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
>>
>> -- 
>> Barry Jacobson
>> WA2VIU
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