[UK-CONTEST] VHF-Contest CQ Calls - a plea!

[David Ferrington, M0XDF]

I have to say, I'd prefer the locator, minos does a great job of telling me the beam heading if I enter the loctor.
73 de M0XDF


On 4 Jul 2011, at 22:35, Ken Eastty wrote:

> Too late for VHF FD but it would really help on VHF & UHF if when 
> stations call CQ they would include their approximate location (not 
> locator).
> I frequently find that I hear a station right down in the noise who may 
> not hear my reply because he's in a null
> of the beam. If I knew where the station was I could make sure that I'm 
> beaming in the right direction otherwise
> I have to try to find the best beam heading which with the typical speed 
> of most rotators can take up to 45 seconds
> if for instance I'm beaming NW & the station that I'm trying to work is 
> on a NE heading (my rotator has its stop at North). Alternatively I turn 
> the beam through 360 deg only to find that it was in the right direction 
> in the first place!