Re: [BVARC] FD thoughts

Wed, 27 Jun 2018 07:32:57 -0700

Jeff, what you are hearing is the basic required information ONLY. No "please copy", no repeat of the other guys callsign or information, no extraneous conversation, no extended dead air periods. That is the way to run and achieve maximum QSO "rate". If you need a "fill", ask only for the information you need. If you make a correction, be sure to let the guy know you have made the correction. The same philosophy applies to CW, RTTY and other digital modes.

I searched YouTube for some example of contest "running" and found more bad examples than good ones. Most of them had alot of extraneous, time wasting information exchange that was not necessary. Exchanging just the basic information in a clear and concise manner will double or triple your rate, and will be light years faster than "Search and Pounce" operating. A good operator with a good station and good conditions can easily exceed 200 QSO's per hour and in fact some have reached in the range of 350-450 per hour. That is six QSO's per minute! I have hit 400+ on a number of occasions. The cream of the crop operators can sometimes reach 450/hour for short periods. That guy averaged 7.7 QSOs/minute which is 462/hour! Great operator!

That's the stuff that excites me! After a while you get a "gaming high", just ask other fast operators.

More later...

Allen N5XZ

-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Greer
Sent: Jun 27, 2018 7:46 AM
To: Allen Brier N5XZ
Subject: Re: [BVARC] FD thoughts

Allen,


Thanks!  As a noob, I very much enjoyed the video.  I'm going to watch it again after work and attempt to untangle it.  I think I'm hearing call signs and signal reports. 


Jeff, W5JEF



From: BVARC <[email protected]> on behalf of Allen Brier N5XZ via BVARC <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2018 11:21 PM
To: 'Jim Blanca'; 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB'
Cc: Allen Brier N5XZ; 'NIzar Mullani'; 'Curt Fletcher'; [email protected]
Subject: Re: [BVARC] FD thoughts
 

Good example of running…for teaching new operators..

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cOfAixTWDI

 

 

Allen R. Brier N5XZ

1515 Windloch Lane

Richmond, Texas 77406-2553

(281) 342-1882 (Home)

(713) 705-4801 (Cell)

 

From: Jim Blanca [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2018 4:39 PM
To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB <[email protected]>
Cc: Allen R. Brier <[email protected]>; Curt Fletcher <[email protected]>; NIzar Mullani <[email protected]>; Scott Royall <[email protected]>; [email protected]
Subject: Re: [BVARC] FD thoughts

 

Like Scott, I had the over night shift.  I started at the beginning and finished around 4:30 AM- 5:00AM, when Nizar came to rescue me!  I went home and slept for a couple of hours, then went to Church.  I returned about 1/2 hour before the end with my wife (KD8CMB) and tried to get her to work a little SSB.  Alas, no luck, but she did sign in!!

 

I did not do much of the take down, except move some tables and chairs, as my grandson decided to be born on June 25th, and he takes priority!  We had his 7th birthday party at our place.  Can you imagine a house full of kids, right after field day, and having only a couple hours of sleep!!  

 

I agree wholeheartedly with Nizar’s and Curt’s comments.  I am somewhat dumbfounded at the lack of participation from the TDXS, as I believe there were approximately 6 of us in attendance, although I could be wrong on that number and just missed folks who came out on Sunday morning.

 

73 de Jim - KE8G 

 

 

 

On Tue, Jun 26, 2018 at 12:21 PM Scott Royall via BVARC <[email protected]> wrote:

Happy that you enjoyed it. My experience was a bit different since I had the overnight shift, but I second your action items.

-----Original Message-----
From: BVARC <[email protected]> On Behalf Of NIzar Mullani via BVARC
Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2018 11:13
To: 'Curt Fletcher' <[email protected]>; 'Allen R. Brier' <[email protected]>
Cc: NIzar Mullani <[email protected]>; [email protected]; 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB' <[email protected]>
Sub: Re: [BVARC] FD thoughts

Overall evaluation of the QUAD club FD would have to be 4+ out of 5. Great location, great teamwork and great people. Most importantly, the bands opened up on Sunday for a great ending. 3,000 QSOs considering that we had high noise on 40 and 80 meters and no propagation on 15 and 10 on Saturday, is a great score. So, thank you to ALL the organizers and the clubs for making this very successful.

Here are a couple of suggestions to make it even better for next year.
1. Trace the noise generator prior to FD so we can reduce it. S9 noise on 80 meters made it almost useless. We could not hear most of the signals.
2. Locate the antennas so as to minimize interference between SSB, CW and Digital modes antennas.

-----Original Message-----
From: Curt Fletcher [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Monday, June 25, 2018 7:20 AM
To: Nizar Mullani; Allen R. Brier
Subject: FD thoughts

A few random thoughts on FD.  For a few years I thought TDXS should break away and do our own FD, I’m wrong.  There isn’t enough TDXS members participating to put up a tent, throw a rock over a tree with a long wire on the end. The BVARC and Katy guys really did a great job with just about everything hardware related.  The current arrangement is perfect for all concerned, Glen and Allen organizing computers and radios, BVARC guys towers and antennas, Katy guys organizing, labor and sweat.
New location is far superior to the fire stations. Obviously figuring out the noise issue prior to FD would be nice.
Curt


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