[VHFcontesting] OMG

[Alex]

Hi Marshall,

Even though I agree with you, the problem on 313 is that not everyone, 
perhaps even most stations, are not in the contest. Folks just want to 
work DX or make casual contacts. Perhaps there are too many conflicting 
interests on a single frequency. I respectfully avoided anyone calling 
with a special purpose (CQ DX, CQ EU, CQ EC, CQ state, etc) and tried 
calling with "CQ WW" myself, but to no avail. For many people the "WW" 
is not a prompt to change modes.

We could try to establish a different frequency for contests (like we do 
for FM contacts on 2m), but folks will go where the action is, so that 
idea is probably DOA.

After a while I decided not to use CM on 6m anymore as at many times it 
became a struggle to get the sequences right. It seemed worse this time 
compared to other VHF contests lately. At times I would change from CM 
to non-CM and then the other station switched to CM. Some folks 
abandoned the QSO. It was tiring at times, and I don't fault anyone for 
this.

73,
--Alex KR1ST (FN21fk)



On 2018-07-22 23:37, Marshall-K5QE wrote:
> HI everyone...but if they answer YOUR CQ, they most likely will answer
> with Tx2, which does NOT contain their grid.  This is why things get
> really screwed up and why the contest mode needs to be used...most
> especially in the contests.....it IS a contest after all.
> 
> 73 Marshall K5QE