I just wish we had that much activity here.
73s John W5TD EM04to
--- Steve Raas <sraas@optonline.net> wrote:
> I wish it was that easy on the east coast.. ssb sigs
> from 144.150-250
> usually sometimes even down to 125.. 432 is almost
> the same way 432.060-180
> usually find cq'ers. I prefer it this way however..
> less qrm.
>
>
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: vhfcontesting-bounces@contesting.com
> [mailto:vhfcontesting-bounces@contesting.com] On
> Behalf Of Nate Duehr
> Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 4:33 AM
> To: vhfcontesting@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] 50.125 ..yes, but what
> about 144.200?
>
>
> On Jun 3, 2007, at 8:51 PM, Tim Coad wrote:
>
> >
> > There might be a problem with 50.125... but the
> one that bugs me is
> > the problem where people are glued to 144.200
> during the contest.
> >
> > Here in the SF bay area you can call CQ for 1/2
> hour on 144.190 or
> > 144.210 and not have a SINGLE answer...then move
> to 144.200 and get
> > a pile up during the contest.
>
> Lead by example. Call, get a response and instead
> of FINISHING the
> QSO on .200, ask 'em to listen "up 10".
>
> One guy around here operates split and during
> openings and contests
> on .200 he just announces, "X0XXX listening up 10"
> and he refuses to
> reply to anyone that answers on .200.
>
> Works for him. People QSY up to work him. Usually
> everyone
> around... then it gets quiet again for a while and
> he announces again
> after a couple of minutes... spacing them out a
> minute or more.
>
> I'm a little too lazy to do that much work with the
> rig, especially
> roving, since I'd want to monitor both continuously
> with the sub-band
> receiver if I were going to do something like that.
> But asking
> someone to move off .200 to finish the QSO is one
> way to give a
> subtle hint.
>
> Plus roving, around here people are "parked" as
> someone mentioned on .
> 200 as a "listening frequency"... but an
> announcement and maybe one
> QSO where you state you're there, work someone and
> then saying
> "Thanks for the contact, good luck. WY0X/R is now
> in DM88... and
> QSY'ing up to .220" works fine... people go, if they
> want the contact.
>
> It also depends a bit on my read of the remote
> operator -- if there's
> some guy that popped up or stays on .200 and he's
> able to work me
> faster than any of the Air Traffic Controllers I've
> ever talked to in
> an aircraft -- I'm not going to use tricks to try to
> get him to
> move. We're already done with the QSO long before
> it'd ever a)
> bother anyone, or b) he'd get the hint.
>
> :-)
>
> Work 'em where you find 'em!!!
>
> --
> Nate Duehr, WY0X
>
>
>
>
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