Topband: Deep QSB

[Ron Spencer]

Personally I think QSK is a fantastic operating help. It does reduce QRM by,
as Jim said, allowing you to stop calling when the DX station comes back.
Wish everyone was able to use it.

Ron
N4XD

-----Original Message-----
From: topband-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:topband-bounces at contesting.com]On Behalf Of Jim Brown
Sent: Monday, October 11, 2004 9:19 AM
To: topband at contesting.com
Subject: Re: Topband: Deep QSB


I think short calls are ALWAYS a good idea. If I'm responding to a call, I
like to simply put in my call sign once if I think the other guy should hear
me well, twice if probably not, pause, then keep repeating once again and
again until he starts transmitting again. And I always run as close to full
QSK my rig permits, so I will often hear him transmit in the middle of a
call.

Even when calling CQ to a "dead" band, I'll only use a 4x3, pause to listen,
then repeat. I may repeat for a long time. Yesterday morning I did that on
80 for nearly an hour, with two QSO's to the South Pacific and Asia the
result.

Jim K9YC

On Mon, 11 Oct 2004 08:49:43 -0400, Tom Rauch wrote:

>Another good idea might be short quick calls.


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