QUACK's
I find that when S & P ing I will call off freq a bit on the side I'm
tuning from,(high to low) most of the time. This is more true for strong
signals than weaker ones. If I call somone more that a couple of times I
will tune a bit to see if I am in fact calling on freq.
73 all Rex K7QQ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Hachadorian" <k6ll@juno.com>
To: <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, February 23, 2003 3:18 PM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] sharp filters
>
>
> On Sun, 23 Feb 2003 19:25:52 -0800 "Chuck Reville" <k3ft@starpower.net>
> writes:
>
> > The question I have.. Does the group have a consensus as to
> > feelings about
> > not answering people who are 'a fair ways' outside zero beat so that
> > they
> > will be forced to better zerobeat you OR do you just answer 'em to
> > get 'em
> > worked and not worry about it?
>
> Good question.
> If a caller is off frequency, the first decision is whether or not he
> is calling me or someone else. On cw or rtty, I send a question mark, to
> have him send his call again, even if I copied it correctly the first
> time.
> If he responds to my question mark, chances are, he's calling me. On
> ssb it's easier to work it out. I'll usually tell someone that they have
> their rit turned on. I've been playing with rtty lately, and with the the
> mark and space separated by 170 hz, I'm amazed at how many people call
> up to 150 hz off frequency.
>
> Dave Hachadorian, K6LL
> Yuma, AZ
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