Jim,
Sounds advise from you as always !
Thanks for sharing, like you always do.
cheers!
Steve
KG5VK
http://www.KG5VK.com
My Ham Radio Friends
On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 11:55 AM, Jim Brown <k9yc@audiosystemsgroup.com>
wrote:
> On Tue,8/16/2016 5:21 PM, Timothy Holmes wrote:
>
>> As we start to roll into contest season 2016, I am curious as to the hints
>> and tips you would be willing to share for the NAQP SSB.
>>
>
> Hi Tim,
>
> Thanks for doing this. Some concepts.
>
> 1) Read the rules for each contest before you start. They're usually
> pretty short and pretty simple. They define the exchange, how the contest
> is is scored, the contest time, who can work who for credit, whether
> spotting clusters can be used, and things like operating power, and
> operating frequencies.
>
> NAQP, for example, has a 100W limit, does NOT permit the use of a spotting
> cluster. The exchange is NAME and STATE. It's a 12 hour contest, and a
> station must take two hours off in increments of at least 30 minutes.
>
> 2) On the air, keep everything short and sweet. Learn to avoid wasting
> time with extra words. Avoid "lidisms" like "please copy," don't repeat the
> exchange the other guy gave you, don't waste time with "thanks for the QSO,
> 73, good luck in the contest." Most good contesters use "thanks" or "thank
> you" to tell the other station the QSO is over, and they're ready for the
> next one.
>
> 3) When calling a station, send only your call, and only once on CW and
> SSB. Listen for a second or two, and if the other station doesn't come
> back, send your call once more. And listen. (Two or more stations may have
> called at the same time and the other station didn't copy either one.) On
> SSB, say your call with standard phonetics, with good articulation.
>
> 4) When answering a CQ, NEVER send your exchange until the other station
> has sent you his exchange and you have copied it. For example, if he says
> "Kilo 8?" only send your call again. If he sends his exchange and you don't
> copy it, ask for a repeat, and do it with as few words as possible. For
> example, "K9YC Name?"
>
> 5) NEVER repeat anything that the other station has copied correctly. This
> is particularly important when you're weak or there is QRM or noise.
> Sending your call again wastes time, AND, more important, it makes him
> think he has it wrong, so he may ask you to repeat it, wasting more time. :)
>
> 6) When you're the station calling CQ, make your CQs short. "CQ Contest,
> Whiskey 8 Tango Alpha Hotel, Whiskey 8 Tango Alpha Hotel" is the longest CQ
> to use.
>
> 7) NEVER use "QRZed" to finish a QSO -- the stations who want to work you
> are tuning the band looking for stations to work. They want to hear your
> call! When you're the CQing station, finish your QSO with "Thanks, Whiskey
> 8 Tango Alpha Hotel." When you only say "QRZed" that tuning station doesn't
> know your call, so it will waste time (yours and his) for him to find out.
> Or he may just keep on tuning for someone who DOES say his call. :)
>
> 8) When you're the CQing station, always give a station who may be waiting
> a chance to call you as soon as you've said "thanks." In other words, don't
> start another CQ after each QSO until you've listened a second or two for a
> station who has been waiting.
>
> 9) Have fun. Keep a smile in your voice.
>
> 10) Work on getting your station to SOUND good. This applications note
> tells how to adjust your radio so that the other station hears you better.
>
> http://k9yc.com/ContestAudio.pdf
>
> 73, Jim K9YC
>
>
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