[VHFcontesting] Re: Reply to Mark K2AXX

[Bill Burgess]

Greetings Mark.  When sitting 80% of the time on 50.180 calling CQ and the band scope set to 12.5 it gives me no advantage over you.  I rarely use the band scope off 12.5.  Setting a band scope to cover 200 kc in a contest will drive you nuts.  Too  many spikes including all the noise spikes too and as others have said, seeing a signal does not tell you if you worked that station before in a contest.  Weak signals often cannot be discerned on a spectrum scope amongst the noise spikes.  I hope you get a chance to try one for yourself.  Thanks for your comments.
  
Bill

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