One problem I had during the just completed CQWW was that the DX stations on 40 were very very lax in giving out their RX frequency. I guess with the advent of wide spread packet spotting networks th
Author: VK1FF@contesting.com (VK1FF/WB2FFY Jim Muller)
Date: Tue Oct 28 21:57:19 1997
Gary, I've noticed the same thing from many stations in the South Pacific. A few operators are probably consciously do not giving out their RX freq to keep the pileup manageable, but I bet most just
Amen to that! And some were working station after station without given their calls, either. More frustrating, because you can't jump in and ask for his call, because you don't know where he is liste
minutes!! calls he Probably the same number who have, in ANY contest: 1. exceeded their country's maximum power limit OR 2. operated outside their license's frequency limits OR 3. ran 1KW+ -- even o
At 10:06 AM 10/28/97 -0500, you wrote: As one of those who operated split frequency on 40m and gave his call every QSO and his frequency every 2nd/3rd QSO or so during the CQ WW SSB - and heard many
And write off CW contesting on 40! Seriously, any part of this spectrum we open to U.S. SSB will promptly become chock full of regular activity. Activity that won't go away just because CW SS or CW W
I remember seeing somewhere that there is a possibility at the next WARC of getting some more of the spectrum for 40 meters, such as 6900-7000. Perhaps CW can be moved further down the band and SSB e
Last I checked it is legal to operate cw in the phone bands, and if you can not "dial out" a phone signal while on cw, its time for a new rig! Mike...NO6X Check out my home page at http://home.inrea