Alex,
My experience was similar to yours. I tried to stick to CM but had to switch
frequently. CQ WW was no help. I ended up doing what ever it took to make the
QSO.
Robie - AJ4F
> On Jul 23, 2018, at 08:25, Alex <alex@kr1st.com> wrote:
>
> 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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