Barry, I also have severe hearing loss, so my operations are heavy on CW, RTTY,
digital.
Because the granularity of the clusters and RBN seems to be 100Hz (?), I never
run on “double nuts” frequencies (ending in “ØØ”). I generally tend to run on
QRGs ending in “.#3Ø” or thereabouts. The good operators will tune to me and
stand out in my rx away from the clumped up “click the spot and transmit”
automatons.
73, de Hans, KØHB
“Just a Boy and his Radio”™
73, de Hans, KØHB
“Just a Boy and his Radio”™
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From: CQ-Contest <cq-contest-bounces+kzerohb=gmail.com@contesting.com> on
behalf of Barry Jacobson <bdj@alum.mit.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2023 9:50:50 AM
To: CQ-Contest Reflector <CQ-Contest@contesting.com>
Subject: [CQ-Contest] Contest SSB Frequencies
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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Barry Jacobson
WA2VIU
bdj@alum.mit.edu
@bdj_phd
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