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Re: [CQ-Contest] Contest SSB Frequencies

To: Barry Jacobson <bdj@alum.mit.edu>
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Contest SSB Frequencies
From: Jack Brindle via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Reply-to: Jack Brindle <jackbrindle@me.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2023 10:45:35 -0500
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No. We tune anywhere we can find a free frequency. Sometimes it is better for 
the responder to be slightly off frequency (as it is in CW) to make their 
signal stand out.

73,
Jack, W6FB


> On Aug 16, 2023, at 9:50 AM, Barry Jacobson <bdj@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
> 
> Hi, due to poor hearing, I am not on SSB that much, but mainly CW. However,
> some improvements with my hearing device have made me more willing to try
> SSB. I am wondering if people always use integral number of KHz. In CW, I
> never paid attention to exact freq, just found empty freq in band and
> called CQ. But recently was calling CQ for a ragchew in SSB, and the fellow
> said I am on a fractional freq and wanted to know exactly what it was so he
> could tune it better. Said was unusual. Is that always the practice in SSB
> and in SSB contests to use whole numbers? I imagine the bands get crowded
> and not always so easy to find a whole number freq. Please correct me if
> that is standard practice in CW and RTTY, as well, something I never knew
> about.
> 
> 73,
> 
> Barry WA2VIU
> 
> --
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