Cookie, You are not alone.
My sentiments exactly. Gary On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 5:29 AM, WILLIS COOKE <wrco...@yahoo.com> wrote: > I don't feel that way at all. A contact in which only grids are exchanged > leaves me with little satisfaction at all. I at least like > to exchange names and QTH. I get enough of the quicky QSOs with contests. > I don't need more on six meters or digital contacts. I know I am out of > step with the avant guarde, but I don't enjoy six meters much because of > these quick exchanges. > Willis 'Cookie' Cooke > K5EWJ > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Jim Brown <j...@audiosystemsgroup.com> > To: "elecraft@mailman.qth.net" <elecraft@mailman.qth.net> > Sent: Mon, July 5, 2010 10:41:55 AM > Subject: [Elecraft] 6M CW > > On Mon, 5 Jul 2010 08:29:08 -0700 (PDT), Ken McGuire wrote: > > >I was frustrated at how slow the chats were on SSB (FM was even worse) - > >it seemed like they were wasting a perfectly good band opening ragchewing > > Yep. Same here. Often, an opening on any given path may be there only long > enough to exchange the grid and report. It's quite frustrating to wait to > call a station that was S9, then S7, then S5, then S3, then fumes, while > the time is filled with innanity. > > >When I turned down to the CW portion of the band, it almost sounded like > >a CW contest weekend. > > Yes. I've gotten to the point that I spend most of my 6M efforts on CW, > only tuning up to the SSB portion of the band when nothing is happening on > CW. And thanks in part to the proliferation of K3s, there is a lot more CW > activity than there was only 5 years ago. > > 73, Jim K9YC > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > -- Gary VK4FD - Motorhome Mobile http://www.qsl.net/vk4fd/ K3 #679 For everything else there's Mastercard!!! ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
