Yes, that's true from my experience.
I had an awful time in one contest last year. I think it was the
ARRL September VHF QSO Party. My IF rig for the lower bands (50 through
432 MHz) stopped working on SSB and I forgot my key/keyer. I was QRP
portable, about 15 miles from home. I had to work everyone on those bands
by tapping two clip leads together to send CW! Still, I worked people and
it was fun.
73, Zack W9SZ
On Wed, 28 Jul 2004, Mike Clarson wrote:
> I agree, and I use it. MUCH easier to find and peak a beam on a CW signal.
> This would provide an incentive to use CW, as it is not segregated like on
> HF.--Mike, WV2ZOW
>
>>
>> People who don't know CW are missing QSO's in VHF contests. If that's
>> all right with them, it's all right with me. Gives me more QSO's they
>> don't make!
>>
>> CW is the mode of choice when the band conditions aren't hot on all
>> bands 144 MHz and up. I'll often hear someone call CQ on SSB and try
>> to work them but can't get through. Then I call them on CW and they
>> usually either answer on SSB or on CW. But cross-mode QSO's are all
>> OK in VHF contests.
>>
>> 73, Zack W9SZ
>>
>
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