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

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I used Minos for first time in vhf fd and at first didn't like it but once
you get used to it its very good and beam heading is very helpful  cheers
Nobby G0vjg / g3rcv/p

On 4 July 2011 22:50, David Ferrington, M0XDF <M0XDF at alphadene.co.uk> wrote:

> 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!
>
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