[UK-CONTEST] Fw: CW in V/UHF contests and spam filter

[Robert Thain]

I do not know if this got through , as I got a reply saying it was blocked by 
the spam-filter.



----- Forwarded Message ----
From: Robert Thain <g0hgw at yahoo.com>
To: uk-contest at contesting.com
Sent: Thu, 26 May, 2011 9:19:48
Subject: CW in V/UHF contests

Hello, from the other side of the channel.

At F6KCP and F8KTH-TM2C we always have a key plugged in and a CW op available.
As we generally have quite a big station we can often be heard , but the return 
path is the limiting factor, so people  frequently  reply to us in CW, which we 
either reply to in CW or SSB. 


We generally only call CQ in CW during the small hours of the night (this seams 
to be the norm , over here).  I'm not sure that we qsy down band to the CW 
section either  (staying in the SSB part of the band), alternating CW and SSB CQ 

calls.

It is amazing how CW gets through when all else fails !!! What is the estimated 
'gain' of a CW signal over a SSB signal ? 10dB 20db ?
 
Robert F5VHN G0HGW
 
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Message: 3
Date: Wed, 25 May 2011 09:30:11 +0100
From: Alex GM3ZBE <alex at gm3zbe.plus.com>
Subject: [UK-CONTEST] 50MHz AC and CW
To: UK-Contest <UK-Contest at contesting.com>
Message-ID: <4DDCBE13.50901 at gm3zbe.plus.com>
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Hi
Is there no one using CW in this contest these days?  I spent a long 
time on and around 090 calling CQ but no takers at all. (thought it 
might be a nice idea to reward those who made the effort!)
Many SSB stations on, but once again they seem awful deaf down south!  
Stations which are a genuine 57 on the Meter here can't copy.
Running full power here from a site 600 ft up with a clear take off over 
the sea.
73
Alex

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