[UK-CONTEST] UBN failures

[Rob Harrison]

Hi Guys,

What I/we don't want is VHF becoming HF, via the backdoor of contesting.

50Mhz is a the cross over area between HF and VHF where anything seems to 
go, some operators won't give a grid. others get annoyed when you give one, 
etc, etc!

I've no real interest in HF, that may change of course. I accept that HF 
tends to dominate due to the sheer weight of numbers on these bands and the 
practices re signal reports and QSOs is quite different. That's fine and 
dandy, but likewise let's not force HF views onto VHF.

I was referring to SSB bandwidths in the previous post, I should have been 
more specific. Obviously it's less difficult to work a weak station on CW 
with narrower bandwidths.

73 Bob G8HGN










----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave Sergeant" <dave at davesergeant.com>
To: <uk-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 16, 2011 1:08 PM
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] UBN failures


>
> 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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