Most people on 313 probably didn't even realize there was a contest, they
just saw a bunch of spots and assumed the band was open. CQ WW VHF doesn't
have the sort of awareness that the ARRL contests do, in my opinion.
-doug
On Mon, Jul 23, 2018 at 9:43 AM, Robie Elms <ruler55@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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