> These stations aren't crocodiles - many are in the > super station category and definitely have the "ears" to hear me. This > seems to be a matter of operating technique, not technology. > [...] > Last night I worked 19 of the 26 stations I called on the east coast. The > others should have been hearing me just as well. I seriously doubt it was > their ears were the problem as they were all big stations.
Just a heads up on what was going on, on this side of the pond: Conditions from East Coast US to West Coast US were very unoptimal. Those west coast multipliers are very valuable and there's a bunch of them that were a struggle to get from the east coast. I am sure many of the big guns who were calling but didn't hear you, had their receive antenna pointed towards the West Coast of the US. I know for example that I tried to work N8OO on multiple occasions but he couldn't hear me at all. I'm quite certain (from the stations he was working) he had a very effective receive antenna pointed squarely towards California. _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK
