At ZF5T, we almost ALWAYS ended with tu zf5t. it was in the N1MM set up at ZF5T.
Incidentally, Stan has submitted our log for the operation with Arkansas DX Association as the club. TKS to K5FUV for suggesting it. Stan will be submitting his application for membership. I am honored to be his sponsor.
73,
Bill, W5SJ....back from "the Brac"
Bill Priakos
Stockton Cottage
Stake Bay
Cayman Brac
Cayman Islands,BWI
479.461.8368
From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of [email protected]
Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2023 5:39 AM
To: Stan Ross <[email protected]>
Cc: adxa <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [ADXA] ARRL CW DX contest
That's the second thing that annoys me in contests, Stan. I normally run non-assisted in contests. I prefer to find stations on my own and not just chase spots but some of these stations, like you mentioned, assume everyone is using the cluster for spots and knows who they are, and won't send their callsign for quite a while.
That's been a topic of discussion at times on some of the contest reflectors.
ZN
On 2023-02-20 18:16, Stan Ross wrote:
Got my minuscule score submitted with the ADXA box checked. I only did S&P, but found myself waiting as long as 5 or 6 minutes for the DX station to give his call.
Guess when you're running, you expect everyone already knows your call..
Off soapbox....
VR
Sent from my iPhone
On Feb 20, 2023, at 12:17 PM, Dennis Schaefer <[email protected]> wrote:
I submitted my log with the club affiliation - thanks for the reminder.
One thing I forgot to mention about the contest....I wish they would stop putting "automatic zero beat" on rigs. There is a lot of CW operation during contests, and many are trying it even with little experience. As a little pistol looking for a clear spot, I called CQ on 10M above 28.100, so I tended to attract the 100 watt guys, the QRP guys, and the straight-keyers. Most of these were good operators, but there were many times when I stood by and there was just a continuous tone. 5 or 6 stations calling, all exactly zero beat, does not make for good copy. Also, they would all call initially and then there would be silence. After not getting a response, someone should have started calling strategically. Usually if I waited 3 or 4 5 seconds, someone would, but they should have been much more aggressive, and should have moved their TX frequency 200 Hz or so up or down to stand out. I see this a lot in POTA activations, Arkansas QSO Party, etc, but I don't remember it to this extent in a DX contest. I guess the fantastic conditions on 10 meters brought out everyone and that's a good thing!
Looks like I got only about 8 new band counters, though, so George and John are still safe.....
73,
Dennis/RZ
On Mon, Feb 20, 2023 at 5:34 AM <[email protected]> wrote:
Sounds great Dennis !!!!
Just a reminder to everyone, please do not forget to submit a log and
list "Arkansas DX Assn" as your ARRL Affiliate Club. We are in the drop
down box on the web submission form.
73 Joel W5ZN
On 2023-02-19 21:08, Dennis Schaefer wrote:
> I started out planning to cruise for some new band counters. I also
> wanted to test my "guy wire sloping vertical" on 80 and my 160m
> inverted-L. The 80m did very well, with 38 Q's and good signals from
> Europe. The 160m is effective and produced booming signals from down
> South but noise covered any EU. it did let me work ZF5T, though, so I
> got them on 6 bands again.
>
> Saturday morning blew my plans up, though. I did some searching and
> pouncing on 10 and there were so many EU stations that my rate stayed
> between 120-150 per hour, and then I called CQ. You'd have thought I
> was on Bouvet - the EU pileup was amazing. I hadn't intended a big
> effort, so I extracted myself during a lull and did other things until
> working a few JAs in the early evening. After the 10:00 news, I did
> one run through 40 meters, and worked a few more on 80 and 160.
>
> I slept until almost 7 on Sunday. I worked a JA on 40 for the
> multiplier, and did one pass through 20 meters, then 15. Then back to
> 10 for nonstop action for a couple of hours. Late in the day, I
> collected a few mults on 20.
>
> The final score was 404,000, with over 600 Q's, 424 of which were on
> 10 meters. Including time spent chasing new band counters, messing
> with antennas, etc, I spent about 10 hours.
>
> Dennis/RZ
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