Last night( 6-02) 6 meters was wide wide open here in EN64.The band was fairly full of signals from 125 thru 200 or so.I found an opening at 127.5 or so.I heard or saw on the scope that there was som
The purpose of the calling frequency is to call and make QSOs. It is not the listening frequency. 73s John W5TD http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/vhfcontesting ____________________________
Here is a quote from some fella by the name of Riley Hollingsworth, as attributed to a Dayton speech he made: <snip> But what concerns me most is this: You still need to "lighten up." I said that las
I think that you did the right thing. One thing I don't understand, (or maybe I am perceiving thing a little incorrectly, i.e. maybe it is not the case) it seems to me that everyone tries to get on t
I would absolutely call it harrassment. Gregg Seidl <k9kl@centurytel.net> wrote:I found an opening at 127.5 or so. I had a gentleman give me a hard time for being "too close" to the call freq.A real
If his equipment had been adequate he would have been too busy working stations to waste your time and his with this petty complaint. Remember when the calling frequency was 50.110? It almost seems l
One wonders what the gentleman, who gave you a hard time, was missing by having you exercise the privileges of your license? Those who are abusive about the calling frequency are sitting there waitin
Gregg don't worry about the hassle. You may have improved your qso run rate by sliding up the band. Sounds like someone was running with wide filters or the noise blanker on and agc slow. See you on
Author: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kenharker@kenharker.com>
Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2007 05:30:54 -0700
It is not clear to me from the original post whether the complainant was someone who was operating on 50.125 or some other "frequency cop" who was not actually making contacts on any frequency, but j
If people tune around for stations, that will inspire others to call CQ on frequencies other than the calling frequency in a contest. I have nothing against using 50.125. But in the Spring 50 MHz Spr
It is amazing, the number of self appointed police and saviors that this hobby seems to bring out. We have the: 1. DX pileup cops-always QRM the DX station by sending/shouting UP UP non-stop. 2. The
Yes, but he got to hear wide, full bodied, broadcast quality hi-fi QRM. 73s John W5TD ____________________________________________________________________________________ Moody friends. Drama queens.
Sharing from a favorite list of rules to live by: "Don't take anything personally. Nothing others do is because of you. What others say and do is a projection of their own reality, their own dream. W
The calling freq typically I see is left for rovers/low power stations ( here on the east coast ) Unless there is a band opening.. then that all goes to heck. N2JDQ Steven J. Raas Locator FN20vg QRV
this should be subject: too close to to qsos in progress.... I would try to get farther than 2.5 kc way from someone.. The average Joes radio have pretty poor 2.4 - 2.8khz ssb filters.. The grouch/ca