[VHFcontesting] Cross Mode communication

[Zack Widup]

Yes indeed.  Many times I'll hear someone calling CQ in a contest on SSB 
and I'll answer on SSB.  If he doesn't hear me, I'll call on CW. Sometimes 
the other station will answer on CW and sometimes on SSB.  It's all 
perfectly legal.

You'll often hear stations calling CQ on both modes within 25 kHz or so of 
the calling frequencies on all bands above 50 MHz. Well, maybe on 6 meters 
the CW stays below 50.1 generally.  

73, Zack W9SZ


On Mon, 16 Aug 2004, Duane Grotophorst wrote:

> 
> Mike,
> 
> Cross mode contacts are perfectly fine, and are in
> fact quite common. As far as I know they are permitted
> in just about all of the various VHF contests that
> there are. I usually end up making a few cross mode
> contacts in almost every contest that I particpate in.
> 
> Duane
> N9DG
> EN53bj
> 
>