[UK-CONTEST] VHF FD Spotting Abuse

[gm4fam at tiscali.co.uk]

Maybe some of those self-spotters could have spent more time using a 
keyer or even learning the code - yet again the large number of QSOs I 
heard on 4m today were 2 x SSB but too marginal to attract attention 
from this outpost.  
I know some could have been worked on CW; I even called one (with a G4 
prefix!) and the response was a depressing "please try SSB - no CW 
here".   
Can I suggest an informal frequency range for CW in next year's FD? 
(say 70160-170 or 70250-260).
Four of the 5 stations QRV North of Inverness had CW capabilities - 
lotsa points missed.

But hats off to those who tried CW on 6m yesterday; have since heard 
from the operator of one of the groups down London way who was pleased 
to put IO77 in the log - that QSO would have been impossible on SSB.

73 Cris
GM4FAM




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