[UK-CONTEST] UBN failures

[Dave Sergeant]

CQing in contests tends not to achieve much when running QRP. But I 
have no problem calling people and working them on 5W. No problem 
reading weak stations either, noise is not a problem in a CW bandwidth.

Welcome to the world of HF contesting, where 599 is the default 
exchange and you ain't going to change that habit. One particular UK 
station always sends me 559 and that is duly logged as such. Otherwise 
everything is 599, just do what the crowd is doing.

Guess I shall be giving 599's all the time in the low power contest 
tomorrow and will receive the same with 3W.

73 Dave G3YMC

On 16 Jul 2011 at 12:17, Rob Harrison wrote:

> I don't know for certain, but it seems nobody on HF wants to work
> signals other than 59 or over. I do listen on HF and there are perfectly
> copiable signals at 53 that could be worked, but no-one goes back to
> them. Maybe the noise levels are higher elsewhere masking the signal,
> but it does seem odd.
> 


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