[WWYC] WPX CW

[Lee Volante]

Hi all,

I was struck by how other stations can appear and call CQ on my frequency, 
seeming not to hear my own CQ calls at all.  But if I then called them for a 
QSO, they worked me straight away.  Oli M0TAO and myself were discussing 
this propagation phenomenon last night.

It seems that just after the end of someone else's CQ call, *and* only if 
you send your callsign, there is up to a 6 dB path improvement, and your 
callsign can be copied.  If you send QRL! or LID! instead, the signal 
increase does not happen.  I would imagine that the improvement is 
proportional to the rarity of your prefix as well - truly amazing 
propagation characteristics.

I will do more research on this subject and present my results later ;-)

Lee G0MTN

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Fabian Kurz" <lists at telegraphy.de>
To: <wwyc at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, May 30, 2005 1:25 PM
Subject: Re: [WWYC] WPX CW OO5ZO(ON5ZO) SO(A)AB LP