>Another trend I noted was people not sending the 599. Several were just sending their section. The "599" is a place filler in the exchange, but not sending it seemed to slow things down."
I noticed that too. Other OPs are expecting a certain sequence in the exchange and if that's disrupted then it may cause a problem. Especially if signal strength is marginal. Charlie, N0TT On Mon, 8 Dec 2025 15:36:26 +0000 jon jones <[email protected]> writes: > I missed K7RAT despite looking... I had put up a ¼ wave wire in tall > trees on our farm north of Lawrence. It worked really well. It came > down last week in the snow storm. So to hand out a few Qs used > the rain gutter on our home again. > > Despite a minimal antenna and my old TS-850 at 50 watts, worked many > people "S & P" including PJ2T and KP4AA. And Don, WD8DSB thanks! > > Conditions seemed down Friday night with east coast stations weak > and unworkable. Better Saturday evening and worked many W2, W3s and > K1KI CT. Copied several W6 but no luck. N7EPD WWA strong but didn't > copy me. High K index didn't help. > > Tree has a point with the exchange issue and timing. Sending the > other station's call helps. Another trend I noted was people not > sending the 599. Several were just sending their section. The "599" > is a place filler in the exchange, but not sending it seemed to slow > things down. > > > * > Jon N0JK > > ________________________________ > > >Conditions have not been so good - although I did manage some East > Coast > QSOs around midnight local time. > > One or two QSOs didn't make it into the log for a reason I would > like to > share. When the band is open to Europe for the East Coast, it is > common > for us West Coast people to end up on their frequency as it is > totally > clear on this end. If an East Coast station sends their call sign - > but > totally out of sync, we pretty much know what is happening. > However, if > the timing is good - then we can feel confident that they are > working us. > > However, when I am low power - it is hard for the East coast station > to > hear me - add in some QSB - and thus the timing might get messed up. > I had > this happen last night (calls changed to protect the guilty): > > CQ TEST K7RAT > K3ZO > K3ZO 5NN OR > <nothing> > K3ZO 5NN OR > <nothing> > K3ZO 5NN OR > <them sending the exchange but out of sync> > <K3ZO 5NN OR> > K3ZO 5NN MDC > <nothing> > > At no time during this am I feeling very confident that I am the one > being > worked. Instead of sending K3ZO again - which I already have - > sending > K7RAT once would really help me understand what is happening. > > Food for thought. Again - if the QSO is well timed, this isn't > necessary - > but if things are difficult due to QSB, sending the "other" guy's > call when > S&Ping really helps. > > Thanks for reading. > > Tree N6TR / K7RAT > > _________________ > Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband > Reflector > _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
