[KCDXC] 160 Contest

[Marty Tippin]

At 05:27 PM 12/8/2002, Alan KI7WO wrote:
>I will be looking at a CW filter for the 570, if not that then a prybar &
>a can of WD-40 to separate the call signs the next time.

You ran a CW contest with an SSB filter?? You really *are* a glutton for 
punishment...

>I don't know why so many stations were on top of each other.

They weren't; you just thought they were. About 10 stations will fit easily 
in the bandpass of a 2.4KHz SSB filter. So they just sounded like they were 
on top of each other. With a 250Hz filter, you don't hear anything but the 
station you're working (and of course AE9B if he's on the band...)

Get a 500Hz filter if you're going to do CW (or RTTY for that matter) - 
your ears will thank you for it. If your radio supports it, get a 250Hz also.

>If on the second evening I invited a friend over to introduce him to the
>joys of 160 does that change my category to - Single op, Single op,
>shared radio & antenna?? We were running two seperate logging programs on
>two seperate computers with two individual callsigns.

That was a KA0-something wasn't it? I followed you around for a while and 
every time you'd call, there'd be a KA0-something right after it! We're on 
to you, pal!

-NW0L