[Mldxcc] some random NAQP notes

[Jeff Stai]

I CQed for you several times. Shrug. For what it is worth I was using a
less directional antenna pointed at around 90 degrees. 73 jeff wk6i

On Mon, Feb 26, 2018 at 1:46 PM, Dick Wilson <k6lrn12 at gmail.com> wrote:

> When we worked you asked for QSY to 10. I QSY'd, listened, heard nothing,
> then called CQ. N6WM answered so it was OK. (N6RO off back of antenna, but
> LOS to Oakley.)
> I think W7RN & K6LRN are about 32 miles apart.
> W7RN antennas are most likely pointing 70° with a possible null in my
> direction
> while I am pointing same 70° in general direction..
> Due to possible nulls, I, for one, often miss some Bay Area stations.
>
> Dick
>
> On 2/26/2018 11:58 AM, Jeff Stai wrote:
>
> Nice to see all of the high NCCC scores, and to see NCCC back on top of
> the team scores - especially to be ahead of SWACC (who I call "the usual
> suspects").
>
> Very odd indeed about 10 meters. I tried to encourage several of you to
> try 10 and it never worked. If N6RO and W7RN can't hear each other it must
> indeed be a dead band. (I'm curious about K6NV as well, I did ask him to
> move but I don't know that he tried it. I mean, Truckee at least should
> have been workable!)
>
> I tend to let the bands tell me what to do. I start on the highest bands
> available - 10, 15, and/or 20 - and stay at it until the rate falls.
> Fortunately 20 was very strong and kept me at 100+ per hour for over 3
> hours. 15 managed only 1/3 of the rate of 20 but provided many needed
> mults, including some I managed to move there from 20.
>
> How long a break to take is the judgment call, but 40 has been opening
> very early and I decided to go for it after just an hour. 20 was also still
> working for another 2 hours and provided more mult moving opportunities.
> Then 80 opened wide just in time to let me run to the end of my 10 hours.
>
> Speaking of moving mults, being prepared and practiced at it is key, as
> well as watching the spot in your logger where it tells you that you need
> them on another band. Obviously running on two bands SO2R gives you a great
> head start to move one to the other band, but being ready on another
> available band is best - I was able to get a KH6 to move to 15 because I
> was prepared to go there even though I was no longer running that band.
>
> "Prepared" means you have a receiver set on a clear frequency in the band
> you want to have available. Your logger (probably) has the tools to read
> the frequency of any attached RX and send that as part of a message. I'm
> only familiar with Writelog but I have to think N1MM can do it too.
>
> My message in Writelog to complete a QSO and request a move looks like
> this:
>
> %RPSE %ZA.1 TU W7RN CQ %E
>
>  The %Z command tells Writelog to send the frequency of the specified
> radio. I use one PC per radio and network them, so %ZA.1 says to send the
> frequency of the the first Entry Window attached to PC A, which in my case
> is the main VFO from. The decimal point says to send the number at 100Hz
> resolution - e.g. 14086.1.
>
> If you do SO2R from one PC the syntax would look like %Z.1 to send the
> first Entry Window, %Z.2 the second, and so on.
>
> This seems complicated but once you have the right syntax set up it takes
> care of itself. Note that this also works for CW contests.
>
> The next big RTTY contest happens to be the next NAQP RTTY in July. That
> should give you plenty of time to get this working. ;)
>
> 73 jeff wk6i
>
>
>
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