Hi, I participate in some on air activities that involve low power and/or compromise antennas. Honest signal reports are desired and appreciated. Perhaps not so much in the Stew but RST is not dead yet.
73, Bill KU8H > On Dec 8, 2025, at 5:19 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > >> >> 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 _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
