Topband: To Topband Contesters ( 1 Day After)

[James Rodenkirch]

Spot on analysis,  Sam!  How much "wiggling the dial" time do you think I spent (often with positive results) operating QRP with a shortened L antenna at 30 feet???  Try LOTS of time varying my send frequency in an effort to find the "sweet spot" where the other fella would hear me.

Regards, Jim Rodenkirch, K9JWV


> Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2011 20:14:13 -0600
> From: k5oai.sam at gmail.com
> To: topband at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: Topband: To Topband Contesters ( 1 Day After)
> 
> There has been a thread on another list mentioning folks inability to zero beat 
> the station they were calling. I think it may be more a case of this narrow 
> filters being used. I managed to get a number of contacts that would not respond 
> to my zero beating their cq's. After a couple of tries I would then call about 
> 100-150hz up or down from their frequencies. It's gotten to be a habit for me 
> try that technique almost all the time, if I really want to make the contact.
> 
> Then again with 100w out the K3 and 6w ERP off the Hi-Q 6/160 @ 20'. you do what 
> you can to trick your way into completing the Q. ;-)
> 
> GB & 73
> K5OAI
> Sam Morgan
> 
> On 2/2/2011 12:27 PM, bruce whitney wrote:
> > K8OT I guess I will break my code of silence on this issue. I haven't really
> > been at this too long - but you might want to keep in mind that with the
> > extreme conditions of this contest I was running my receive BW down as low as
> > 20 to 100 HZ many times. I would try and widen it up - just to get clobbered
> > and not be able to hear anything but extremely strong signals. I also would
> > wiggle my RIT around a bit - but it is certainly conceivable that somebody
> > responding to a CQ - if not zero beat - could get missed - at least for a few
> > cycles maybe. Bruce W8RA
> >
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