[VHFcontesting] using the calling frequency

[frank bechdoldt]

Tree_  

You are almost  the only one I hear off the calling freqs on 2 meters  on
ssb during the contests. I move my vfo around when I am not driving and I
get about 5 percent of my qsos of the calling freqs and I get the most qsos
here.  However in pricinple you are right.  However it is just as quick to
exchange grids as it is to arrange a new move off frequency. IE thats what
your suppose to do after making contacts.  On the next contst I will set
the 847 to scan between .170 and .280 and see what comes of it.


frank bechdoldt


> [Original Message]
> From: Tree <tree at kkn.net>
> To: Bill Olson <callbill at hotmail.com>
> Cc: <VHFcontesting at contesting.com>
> Date: 4/7/2006 2:40:34 PM
> Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] using the calling frequency
>
> On Fri, Apr 07, 2006 at 08:42:40PM +0000, Bill Olson wrote:
>
> > That being said, up here in rural Maine, I will often call CQ to the 
> > Northeast on 144.2. This is because the VE1's often MONITOR 144.2. I am 
> > often the only station they heard all weekend because, while I am far
off 
> > the beaten path, they are even FARTHER..  With my beam to the NE I am
qrming 
> > no one and being qrmed by no one, but it occasionally results in a
contact 
> > and a new grid. For this reason and probably a lot of others, it's
silly 
> > making rules like QSY rules or "not using the calling frequency" rules
or 
> > anything like that in a VHF contest.. It's not the same as not allowing 
> > operation on 146.52 on FM.. like what's the calling frequency anyway?? 
> > 144.200. ok... how about 144.203?? 144.201? how about 144.2005? How
about 1 
> > Hz above 144.2? If it's not enforceable.. it's a stupid rule..
>
> I don't agree with your last two statements - but so be it.
>
> > I think the experienced contest stations KNOW to stay away from .200..
At 
> > least they should if they want to get a good score.. We should be using
ths 
> > forum to let the newcomers understand things they might not know just 
> > starting out. Things like when I hear a station S9 calling CQ from 300
miles 
> > away, that he probably has pretty high power and if I am running 10
watts, 
> > he might not hear me due to a lot of other stations calling him that
are 
> > either closer or running higher power.. I may not hear the other
stations 
> > because they are pointing away from me toward the station I am trying
to 
> > work.. If I have low power I should be "tuning and pouncing" a lot and
if I 
> > run out of stations to call and need to call CQ it should be a good
distance 
> > away from then calling frequency.. The big guns KNOW to tune for me. If
they 
> > don't they are missing QSO's and the really good stations don't miss
much!
>
> I read this and realize that I live in a totaly different world.  
>
> If the big guns already avoid the calling frequency (which is not the norm
> here) - what if we made the QSY rule only apply if you are on it?  It gets
> policed by the other people on the frequency.
>
> Tree
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