[Moon-net] corrections to "newbie's viewpoint"

[Edward Cole]

Dennis,

You have discovered a secret to working QRP eme >> Call CQ.  I would 
not have believed that would work but in the last contest I did well 
with about 50% CQing.  I did publish on MoonNet my favored CQ 
frequencies so I was not entirely "unknown random".  But this will 
work if you decide to not use assistance (logger) during a contest.

BTW I fixed my receiver problem and will be active in the REF/DUBUS 
Digital Contest.  Still QRP (need more time for finishing the 8877) 
with 185w and 4x 3WL x-yagis.  Favorite calling freqs: 144.116 & 
144.148  Look for my JT65 CQ's!  With some luck I will have 
Linrad/MAP65 running.

73 Ed - KL7UW

At 04:58 PM 2/6/2008, Dennis Schaefer wrote:
>A couple of apologies and corrections...
>
>First, I did not realize that I shouldn't open a direct discussion of
>CW Vs. digital on the lists -  it makes sense.
>
>Second, it occurred to me that RU1AA may have been operating
>unassisted and my message implied that RU1AA saw our internet post
>and immediately worked us.   I implied that he answered the very
>first CQ.   That was a little bit of inadvertent literary license
>that resulted from trying to show that calling CQ worked much better
>than bumping heads with bigger stations.  Upon thinking back, what
>really happened is that we had run through several CQ cycles,
>possibly around 5 minutes worth, before we worked him.    It is
>completely possible that he just found us.    Most frequencies were
>busy and that is why we didn't CQ the evening before.    We had
>trouble finding a clear spot.   If someone had worked a lot of
>stations and charted the frequencies, checking open frequencies for
>traces would have been quick.    That's what we plan to do next time
>- work on our "random" JT65B skills.   If RU1AA was assisted, then he
>probably saw our spot, but if not, it doesn't necessarily follow that
>he was watching the logger.
>
>Also, I mis-spoke when I said we "heard" 22 stations on
>JT65B.   True, we did hear many stations in the speaker, but I was
>speaking as an old HF operator.    I wouldn't say "I saw 3Y0X on 20
>meter PSK31 today" - I'd say I "heard" him, whether I could
>distinguish him in the speaker or not.   On JT, "hearing" someone
>takes on a whole different connotation and I should be more specific!
>
>Thanks for all the encouragement and good advice - I forgot to
>mention all the mentoring that list members and others gave me as I
>was putting the effort together.    Mostly because of this kind of
>good ham radio spirit, we will go onward and upward as time
>permits!   I've got a couple of nice aluminum dishes sitting in the
>yard and I was a microwave technician in my earlier
>life.....  Somehow this is a lot more fun than busting pileups on 20 meters!
>
>73,
>Dennis  W5RZ
>
>
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73,
Ed - KL7UW
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