In a message dated 1/14/2009 7:44:06 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
chetsubaccount@snet.net writes:
Further, I find it very interesting to read how the rovers say they are
calling CQ. I tune A LOT, often in between my CQ's, and it is quite unusual
for me to come across a rover calling CQ. And I do deliberately turn toward
the grids and freq.'s that they have announced, hoping to find them (it is a
treat to get a rover contact) but almost never seem to hear anyone there.
Perhaps that is due to them only being in one spot an hour or two, their
going off to run the bands or S&P, or our beams only toward each other a
short amount of that time, not like the fixed stations that I will
eventually encounter sometime or other over the weekend.
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I also spend a lot of time tuning, and don't often hear rovers CQing.
Admittedly, there is not much serious rover activity here in NE Ohio, other
than
the couple of active VE3 rovers when they make it to the north shore of Lake
Erie. But from my perspective, rovers would do a lot better jumping on the
calling frequencies to solicit random qsos, while maintaining their standard
default frequencies up the band for coordinating contacts on the upper bands.
Another thing that drives me slightly crazy - and this is not restricted to
rovers, but is more of a problem with them due to the limited time they spend
at any given location - is guys moving to other bands without taking a
moment to listen for other callers who may have heard them. After all, for
finding activity, listening to a couple of guys arranging schedules is almost
as
good as listening to a guy calling CQ.
So instead of just disappearing before hitting the band switch, please take
a moment to say something like
"THIS IS K8ROV/ROVER - ANYBODY ELSE OUT THERE BEFORE I GO?"
If nobody comes back in 3 seconds, hit the switch. But you may find some
extra qsos, including guys who will follow you to the other bands. And you
won't
let the rest of us hanging, wondering if you will be back in 30 seconds,
five minutes, or ever.
73 - Jim K8MR
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