[SCCC] separating zero beated pileups?

[Clayton Nall]

I’ve noticed this is a lot more common now, a product of relying on Skimmer
spots

Another trick is to just sit and wait until someone drops their call a
second time out of the usual sequence.

73,
NF1R
Clayton Nall
http://www.nallresearch.com
Cell: (617) 850-2062


SpotsOn Fri, Jun 28, 2024 at 6:27 AM Tree <tree at kkn.net> wrote:

> A good problem to have.
>
> One thing to do is reward those guys who are smart enough (or perhaps inept
> enough) to call you off frequency.  The savvy ops will notice this and also
> call you off frequency.
>
> Tree N6TR
>
> On Thu, Jun 27, 2024 at 9:45 PM Drew Arnett <arnett.drew at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > "15 meters -- using 100 watts to a six element yagi"
> >
> > Being on the receiving end of this, seems like a lot of folks tx zero
> > beated.  A solid 5 seconds of zero beated cw is hard to pull out a
> > letter at times.  I was wondering if there are any good tips or tricks
> > stations?  Do I just learn to hear the subtle amplitude variations?
> > The vast majority of the time wasn't a problem at all, but this
> > happened enough for this CW beginner to have to ask.
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Drew
> > n7da
> >
> > > Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2024 05:16:14 +0000
> > > From: "J. Scott Bovitz <bovitz at bovitz.com>" <bovitz at bovitz.com>
> > > To: southern california contest club <sccc at contesting.com>
> > > Subject: [SCCC] N6MI Field Day report
> > > Message-ID: <D3837DA1-29EB-48C1-ACE4-12298EC77768 at bovitz.com>
> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
> > >
> > >
> > > For Field Day 2024, Tom's Garage ARC (N6MI) set up camp at Tecuya
> > Mountain (Kern County, DM04, in the Los Padres National Forest).
> > >
> > > Our 2A SJV team included: Tom, K6VCR; Drew, N7DA; Larry, NB6E; Chef,
> > KN6OGP; Greg, KI6RXX; Shane, K1BTW; Broden (17 years old and promises to
> > get his license soon); and Scott, N6MI.
> > >
> > > We set up right next to a smooth dirt road about 1.5 miles from the
> > nearest pizza joint. (Thanks for the pizza, Drew.) Many folks drove by
> our
> > operation. We were visited by a few strangers, one SOTA ham, two park
> > rangers, and (by invitation) a senior officer of the California
> Department
> > of Fish and Wildlife. We always had off-duty hams to chat with the
> visitors.
> > >
> > > One primary station was set up in Tom's trailer (40/15).
> > >
> > > The other primary station was set up in N6MI's converted television
> news
> > van (80/20/10). See n6mi.com for photos of the van.
> > >
> > > Six meters was operated from KN6OGP's trailer.
> > >
> > > Two meters was operated from KI6RXX's truck.
> > >
> > > We did not put up an antenna on 160.
> > >
> > > We worked 5 hams on 80 CW, using 100 watts to an inverted vee.
> > >
> > > We worked 203 CW and 66 LSB contacts on 40 meters -- using 100 watts to
> > an inverted vee. Tom said that he missed the two element 40 meter yagi we
> > have used in prior years.
> > >
> > > We worked 641 CW, 1 FT8, and 341 USB contacts on 20 meters -- using 100
> > watts to a JK C3S triband yagi at 60 feet (two elements per band). This
> > easy to assemble antenna was mounted on the pneumatic mast of N6MI's van.
> > >
> > > We worked 415 CW and 589 USB contacts on 15 meters -- using 100 watts
> to
> > a six element yagi at about 50 feet (on an AB-577 mast). Yep, six
> elements.
> > Sweet.
> > >
> > > We worked 26 CW and 47 USB contacts on 10 meters -- using 100 watts to
> > the JK C3S triband yagi at 60 feet. Ten meters was tough going.
> > >
> > > We worked 43 FT8 contacts on 6 meters -- up to 100 watts to a five
> > element yagi at about 20 feet. Six meters never opened up.
> > >
> > > We worked three FM stations on 2 meters.
> > >
> > > We ran a GOTA station (N7DA). Shane and Drew made 389 contacts -- using
> > 100 watts and a mutli-band Alpha Delta dipole. Their station was set up
> on
> > a card table under a pop-up canopy.  N7DA served as the coach. Next year,
> > Shane is moving over to a big station and Broden is going to (he says)
> get
> > his ham radio license. Broden is 17 and has other commitments, but we
> want
> > him to be ready to serve as the officer of the radio club at his college.
> > >
> > > Did I mention the food? Chef set up a great spread for Friday's lunch
> > and dinner. Then he cooked waffles on Saturday morning -- apples,
> > strawberries, authentic maple syrup, and whipped cream were available.
> > (Next year, how about fresh squeezed orange juice?)
> > >
> > > And about that chatter on Field Day...
> > >
> > > I don't recommend yet another change to the Field Day rules. There are
> > plenty of folks to work during the contest. If a ham is happier working
> > from home, I'm glad to encourage that ham to get on the air and work us
> > all. But there more adventure in the field.
> > >
> > > Thank you for the contacts.
> > >
> > > 73,
> > >
> > > N6MI
> > > J. Scott Bovitz
> > > bovitz at bovitz.com
> > >
> > >
> > >
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