Hi Marshall,
Even though I agree with you, the problem on 313 is that not everyone,
perhaps even most stations, are not in the contest. Folks just want to
work DX or make casual contacts. Perhaps there are too many conflicting
interests on a single frequency. I respectfully avoided anyone calling
with a special purpose (CQ DX, CQ EU, CQ EC, CQ state, etc) and tried
calling with "CQ WW" myself, but to no avail. For many people the "WW"
is not a prompt to change modes.
We could try to establish a different frequency for contests (like we do
for FM contacts on 2m), but folks will go where the action is, so that
idea is probably DOA.
After a while I decided not to use CM on 6m anymore as at many times it
became a struggle to get the sequences right. It seemed worse this time
compared to other VHF contests lately. At times I would change from CM
to non-CM and then the other station switched to CM. Some folks
abandoned the QSO. It was tiring at times, and I don't fault anyone for
this.
73,
--Alex KR1ST (FN21fk)
On 2018-07-22 23:37, Marshall-K5QE wrote:
HI everyone...but if they answer YOUR CQ, they most likely will answer
with Tx2, which does NOT contain their grid. This is why things get
really screwed up and why the contest mode needs to be used...most
especially in the contests.....it IS a contest after all.
73 Marshall K5QE
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