[VHFcontesting] Announcements in VHF contesting and othertopics.....

[Marshall-K5QE]

Hello to all....Saying that I want to call CQ on the Internet and then 
stand by for calls on the radio is a TOTAL MISREPRESENTATION of the 
concept.....and of course George-K5TR knows that.  He has raked me over 
the coals(twice) because my English was not precise enough.  His 
English, in this case, is not only not precise, it is a complete 
fabrication....

I call CQ on the radio, just as we all do.  But I want to be able to 
post on the Internet where I am calling CQ, so that others might find 
me.  I will point out again, that an Announcement does not MAKE an 
contact.  You have to actually do that yourself.....with your own radio.

George complimented me and my station, so I will return the favor.  In 
the June 2010 contest, I thought that I had made the highest number of 
6M contacts ever made in an ARRL contest at 1836.  Later I found that 
George had made 1856 QSOs on 6M....this while working stuff on other 
bands too!!  I was totally bummed out about losing the QSO record, but 
it just proves what a great operator he is.

73 Marshall K5QE


On 9/24/2013 11:32 AM, George Fremin III wrote:

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> In this last contest K5QE using some tropo and EME and MS and his 
> great station was able to work 90 grids on 2 meters. That is 
> fantastic. Well done. 

> The one rule change that K5QE would like to make as I understand it is 
> that he would like to be able to call CQ on the Internet and take 
> answers on the radio. It seems like calling CQ on the radio should be 
> enough. Yes, I have no doubt that you can make more contacts if you 
> call CQ on the Internet and also look for others calling CQ on the 
> Internet.

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