Topband: What's best (your opinion)

[Jeff Maass]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: topband-bounces at contesting.com 
> [mailto:topband-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of EP Swynar
> Sent: Friday, February 16, 2007 6:54 AM
> To: topband at contesting.com; Dave Blaschke
> Subject: Re: Topband: What's best (your opinion)
> 
> On 15th February, Dave wrote:
> 
> > I am on 1.823.5 calling CQ and working stations. A station 
> shows up at
> 1.823.8 and another at 1.823.2, both with S9+20 db signals, 
> and calling CQ.
> What current radio, and with which roofing filter(s) can  
> handle this situation best?
> 
> *******************************
> 
> Hi Dave,
> 
> What true gentleman, in good conscience, would proceed to 
> honk out a CQ a mere 300-Hz from an (obviously) occupied 
> frequency? Wouldn't a good operator have preceded his string 
> of CQs with a "QRL?" on the frequency first, or at least a 
> couple of "IE"'s...?
> 
> I don't think YOU have any problem(s) with your receiver 
> whatsoever, Dave --- it's the guys above & below you who have 
> either technical issues, or don't appreciate proper etiquette 
> on this, or ANY band...
> 
> ~73~ Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ
> 

G'day Eddy:

You can think your happy Utopian thoughts, but Topband contesters (especially in Europe,
but in North America too) are still going to want the answer as to what radio and filters
handles the situation of a filled-up band best.

We contest on the band with operators we have, not those we wish we had...

73,  Jeff K8ND