[VHFcontesting] 432 Sprint

Paul N1BUG paul_n1bug at verizon.net
Sat Oct 6 13:30:01 EDT 2007


Gee Dave,

That is a perfect description of V/UHF contesting from up here, no 
matter what power level is used. ;-)

Sorry about your difficulties with the big generator.

73,
Paul N1BUG FN55mf

David Olean wrote:
> operating habits had to change with the low power output. I found
> that calling CQ was mostly a waste of time. I think I only worked
> three or four stations after CQing. (K1DS was one of them!) My
> best plan was to hunt and pounce, but a more accurate description
> was "hunt and pester". If I found a station calling CQ, I had to
> call and call and call until I got a QRZ or maybe a reply. Few
> had beams aimed this way. 


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