On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 10:02:39PM +0200, Tonno Vahk wrote:
> Hi Bob,
>
> I don't agree that ignoring weak stations and CQing instead is a fruitful
> strategy for an ordinary station in any contest.
I disagree.
In the past, I have spent painfully long times completing weak, weak QSOs
that afterward look like tactical mistakes because if I just called CQ,
odds are that I could have made 2 or 3 QSOs in the same time period, and
the weak, weak station I worked might end up being a lot louder in another
hour anyway. Learning where that threshold is between workable and "not
worth it even if I do complete the QSO" is something I've been learning
with practice.
--
Kenneth E. Harker WM5R
kenharker@kenharker.com
http://www.kenharker.com/
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