Hi guy’s, Right, we must adapt the cw speed to the Band conditions.
Personnaly, I was at a speed of 26, and sometimes activing my bencher key... Faster, around 36, is a non sense on top band. 73 Jean-Paul F6FYA en direct depuis son iPad. > Le 17 févr. 2020 à 19:10, Artek Manuals <[email protected]> a écrit : > > NR1DX: > > Equipment: 1400W + 60' (20M) high "T" with 3 elevated radials + Bevs & BOGs > Location: Near Tampa Florida > > > Here in Florida, except for Africa and the Carib, we typically do not enjoy > the same good condx to EU that you fellows up north get the price we pay for > not having to use our amplifiers to heat the basement > Friday Night: Very poor all EU just above the noise, very slow QSB > Saturday AM: Hand full of Caribbean, NO ZL/VK/JA > Saturday PM: Much better, band opened 45 minutes before our sunset,,tapered > off a bit after sunset then built up as the Evening wore on > Sunday AM. one KH6 but otherwise still no Pacific stations heard here > Sunday PM: poor condx again like Friday, no pre-sunset opening, only a few > weak EU's heard after sunset > > General: We were strictly search and pounce for a total of 98-Q's in 51 > countries. Lots of good ops on both sides. > Why a few stations feel compelled to send at 50wpm on topband with the noise > levels as they are is a mystery. 35wpm is plenty fast enough for the > conditions. I guess they get to send a few more unanswered CQ's per hour > while we try and figure out is that an S or H? Did he bust my call ?...better > ask for fill. > > > Sorry I missed you Roger > > > Dave > NR1DX > > > >>> 73 Roger G3YRO >>> >>> >>> >>> _________________ >>> Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector >> _________________ >> Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector > > -- > Dave > [email protected] > www.ArtekManuals.com > > _________________ > Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
