I usually QRS when I ask someone to QSY and seems to work for me.
But there are some guys who are not as serious in the contest who
don't want to bother...
Jeff KU8E (K8MK last weekend)
--- Bill Coleman <aa4lr@arrl.net> wrote:
> On 1/15/02 8:51 AM, Jay Pryor at jpryor@arches.uga.edu wrote:
>
> >Like John, there were quite a few times when
> >I never received a response after asking a station to move;
>
> I believe this is easy to explain. People just can't copy CW. I know
> I
> can't. Sure, I can copy a callsign, name and a state or province - if
> I'm
> lucky. You send me a "QSY" and I'm hearing "QSL", then I hear a bunch
> of
> numbers, and I figure I've screwed up. Send me a bunch of words, and
> I'm
> totally lose. I hear the question mark and I have no idea what you
> sent.
> I ask for a repeat, and the station usually gives up and starts CQing
>
> again. Some guys don't ask for the repeat. They just log the QSO and
> move
> on.
>
> >When you have a second operator on another band, it
> >makes it much easier to move people (at least for me) than if you
> have to
> >change bands yourself, risking losing your run frequency when you
> do.
>
> The other interesting issue is that a single band move is easy for a
> M/2,
> but multiple moves can't happen, unless the M/2 is ready to spend 10
> minutes on a third band.
>
> One question, Jay, did John or Bill every move stations over to you?
> Seems like you were really in a position to be fed Qs, with two guys
> working the other band.
>
> >I think I got a lot of calls from the "non-contesters." I'm sure
> most
> >people reading this have also been reading ad nauseam about
> contesting code
> >speed. I had the speed set on 30 wpm and did not change it
> throughout the
> >entire contest.
>
> Interesting. I had mine set to 25 wpm, with the paddles set to 20
> wpm. I
> did have some guys call me going a lot faster, and sometimes that
> required a repeat or two. Sometimes I got lucky.
>
> I never asked anyone to QRS, but I did skip over a couple of stations
> who
> were too fast. Quite a few operators lowered their code speed when I
> answered. None of those guys required a repeat.
>
> Slower, with no repeats is faster than fast with a couple of repeats,
> in
> my opinion. Maybe I'll change my mind when I can copy 35+ wpm in my
> head....
>
> >This was my first time operating at W4AN, and the first time using
> NA, and
> >although Bill carefully explained his antenna setup, I'm a
> >tribander-on-the-roof guy.
>
> And monobanders in the trees....
>
> > I didn't worry about antennas. (Sorry
> >Bill) Wherever they were pointing, that's where I called CQ.
>
> You should come down to NQ4I's more often, Jay.
>
>
> Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL Mail: aa4lr@arrl.net
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> -- Wilbur Wright, 1901
>
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