" b) For MN,KS,NE,CO, northern WI, Dakotas - 20 meters during the day and 40 meters at night. Maybe 15 meters if the band is open." Remove "MN" from that statement and it may be true. Everyone else o
I chase counties and we had a large group of SSB ops start to try CW. They started slow, made lots of mistakes, but after time many of them have gotten much much better. Would any of them call into
Author: ktfrog007--- via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2018 15:48:07 -0400
Good day, Here's another take on the SS. I don't expect it to make anyone happy, but here goes. Why not combine both contests into one weekend? Participants can operate one mode or both. There would
IMO... to many new operators, CW is just another digital mode... Since it's possible for someone to use software to copy CW without knowing the code, they could use the codereader sw in the SS contes
I actually have a nefarious, dastardly scheme to address this. The CWops group is minting a bunch of new cw operators. I know some of the folks on this list do the CWTs and have been hearing higher a
FT8 has blown out the other modes on 6 meters at least. There are few doing SSB and CW during band openings and in contests many are on FT8. Now most don't even bother getting on CW and SSB. They jus
If they brought back the original "Novice Roundup" It would be incredible! Not this disaster "Rookie Roundup" that they are trying to pass off as the "Novice Roundup" It is soo sad this new version h
Speaking of Multi-Op, Why does it seem that multi-op efforts in SS have all but vanished? Joe WB9SBD Sig The Original Rolling Ball Clock Idle Tyme Idle-Tyme.com http://www.idle-tyme.com On 3/20/2018
FT8 does something different. Since WSJT decodes the entire passband, one does not have to call on a specific frequency making the smaller stations more competitive with the "loud" ones. --Mike, WV2Z
There seems to be two themes here. One is SS is dying and we need to make changes, and the other is "I love it the way it is, the new guys should get on board". Perhaps I've oversimplified, but maybe
With the goal of increasing participation which can best be accomplished by encouraging people that have never operated in SSCW before, to get on and try it, I have two suggestions: 1) As Mike has su