After spending 12 nights-in-a-row straining to hear and
assemble thousands of weak calls, I would cautiously agree
with Herb: if the DX clearly has the prefix, just send the
missing letters.
Maybe it is mental, maybe something else, but time and
again I heard clearly (almost loud) the
I had this happen many times as well but it is especially annoying near the end
of the contest when seeking to find those last few contacts that I heard
fellows calling CQ and only sending their call ONCE and then maybe waiting 2
sec. or less before sending CQ again. Many times I could copy
George, IMO you have solved the problem ... mental. Your last sentence
describes the condition exactly ... your brain goes blank or slows as a
defence mechanism from all the noise/signals on the band.
Doug
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After spending 12 nights-in-a-row straining to hear and
I had this happen many times as well but it is especially annoying near the
end of the contest when seeking to find those last few contacts that I heard
fellows calling CQ and only sending their call ONCE and then maybe waiting 2
sec. or less before sending CQ again.
160, with changing noise
Thanks Herb,
That certainly removes the operator condition from the explanation. It will
be interesting to discover why the transmissions tail off. Is it
repeatable? For example if the same station keeps sending their call
between your HB9? does it consistently tail off each time they transmit
