What bogs down the QSO rate is managing the pile-up, in trying to pick out
calls (or pieces of calls). This is not at all apparent on the video.Learn to
work split (w/ two VFO's or RIT), listening "up" on a frequency different from
your transmitting frequency....
73MarkK5MGJ
On Wednesday, June 27, 2018 09:32:49 AM CDT, Allen Brier
N5XZ via BVARC <[email protected]> wrote:
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
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2005 WPX SSB contest Running Rate. You can find the log here:
http://www.kkn.net/~k5tr/blanco/logs/... The log entries start at about 0045z.
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Allen R. Brier N5XZ
1515 Windloch Lane
Richmond, Texas 77406-2553
(281) 342-1882 (Home)
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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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