You were spotted to DX cluster as "W3SKK" Saturday: Spotter Freq. DX Time Info Country
K1KA 1806 W3SKK 22:21 02 Dec 23 United States This could explain the high dupe rate. tskk, tskk, tskk Rob - NH6V On Tue, Dec 5, 2023 at 11:15 AM <[email protected]> wrote: > Tnx for the qso, Jim. > > I worked a mere six CA stations, fewer than half of the 7 land states, > one KH6. and a smattering of Carib/C.A. stations. Several locals gave > up early Fri night due to the poor/few signals ota. > I started at 2200z prompt and worked a so-so 109 stations during the > first 80 minutes. XYL announced dinner so I took an hour break, came > back and saw the rates declining -instead of increasing- and holes > appearing in the bandscope. Not many blockbuster sigs either, with > moderate QRN, > > Day 2 began with a bang...45% of my contacts were DUPES...until I > decided to check for the N1MM+ DUPE alert before gong back to the guy. > Id give his call, then say SRI-DUPE-and resume CQing. Miraculously > after a while the dupes went way down. (perhaps the friendly reminder > changed some behavior.) ( rather than just working them and letting > the software sort it out.) But spending half your time on dupes seemed > ridiculous. > > Also during both nights I heard only two Euros. But s they wee > replying to someone elses CQ I never had a chance to call them. So > zero Euros in the 2023 log. I reflected back to 2020 when 160 was wide > open to EU and it was great fun working them right and left. > > ----------------------------------------- > > _________________ > Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband > Reflector > _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
