[VHFcontesting] OMG

[Rhinosix]

No problems with frequency/ mode type exchanges for SSB on 50.125+ to 50.200 In the mid Hudson valley of NY.
Ops should not park on 50.125 when the band is open, check to see if the band is open.  The contest was  just like the good old days of SSB /CW
contesting.  I even managed to work two new grids.


Jerry w2jcn FN21



 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Robie Elms <ruler55 at gmail.com>
To: alex <alex at kr1st.com>
Cc: VHF Contesting <vhfcontesting at contesting.com>
Sent: Mon, Jul 23, 2018 9:43 am
Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] OMG

Alex,

My experience was similar to yours.  I tried to stick to CM but had to switch frequently.  CQ WW was no help.  I ended up doing what ever it took to make the QSO.

Robie - AJ4F 

> On Jul 23, 2018, at 08:25, Alex <alex at kr1st.com> wrote:
> 
> 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
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