[Meteor-Scatter] Perseids and operating procedures!

Thu, 15 Aug 2002 09:02:24 +0200

Hi all!

I agree that would be good to make some procedure for split CQ and here is
my suggestion. At least for EU standard...

CQ62 S50C CQ62 S50C -> which means that we listening on 144.362

and

CQ78 S50C CQ78 S50C -> We listen on on 144.378

Why this is better then CQ -H S50C and CQ H S50C or CQD8 and CQU8. It is
easier for every one to shift and same amount of data i guess.

Your opinions are vy welcome!

73 de Goran ANDRIC, S55OO.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Hannu/OH6MAZ" <[email protected]>
To: "Meteor Scatter mailing list" <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 8:31 AM
Subject: [Meteor-Scatter] Perseids and operating procedures!

> Hello all ping-jockeys!
>
> Perseids are over for this year and we'll have to settle for sporadic
rocks
> and/or wait for the next big one.
>
> General opinion tends to be that Perseids this year may not have been what
> was expected. Though on the other hand I was a bit surprised about the
> amount of stations in .370 and neighbourhood.
>
> There has been a lot of discussion and debate about what is the best and
> ultimate real meteorscatter operating mode. I myself will continue working
> them all (SSB/HSCW/WSJT) but I suspect that WSJT will take time from SSB,
> since I have found out I'm not very good on SSB. Also I tend to think that
> the really weak ones come better on HSCW.
>
> There has been lot of comparing operating practices (WSJT/SSB/HSCW). In
all
> these modes people tend to stick on the calling frequency, though most
> tranceivers now have vfo-knob that is quite easy to use. In HSCW there is
a
> practice where 144.100 is used only for calling and then both stations
move
> up to make the QSO. Unfortunately not all stations use this procedure. In
> SSB too many stations stick to 144.200 and in WSJT it was almost useless
to
> try to call CQ outside 144.370.
>
> There has been a suggestion that we should start using the same procedure
in
> WSJT than in CW to indicate the frequency shift. So CQA would mean +1kHz
up
> and CQE +5kHz up (How to indicate negative shifts?). But why should we use
> the letters, why not indicate the shift itself (CQ 2UP or CQ 3DWN)?
Whatever
> the way is, we should agree on the procedure and then advertize it in
local
> ham-magazines and web. Without shift the result this year was that a few
big
> guns ( or stations with good locations) seemed to dominate the bursts and
> the weak ones were left under them.
>
>
> There was another issue that I also would like to raise up. It seemed to
me,
> that many (nonexperienced?) stations wanted to make only fast and easy
qso:s
> causing lot of fuss on the band. What I mean is that when they heard a CQ
> they answered the proper way. OK, I heard them calling me and begun to
send
> calls+raport. After sending that for couple of periods I get a burst of
the
> same station forgetting me and calling CQ.  These guys have not understood
> that even if you don't hear another station for 5 minutes, he may still be
> there trying to make the QSO. Though I must confess that I spoiled one QSO
> myself thinking that the other end had already got my final RRR's and went
> downstairs for tea and sandwitches. After coming back to my radios I heard
> the other end still sending me RRR. 'Oooppss' I thought and sent a few
> periods of RRR73MAZ and the QSO was complete. Sorry!
>
> But all in all - MS is fun! It was great to make 1700km QSO with stations
> running only 20Wtts. Perseids brought me two new DXCC:s this year (GW and
> HB9) even if I had to go to work for monday. I did not manage to complete
> the almost 2200km HSCW sked, but at least we tried. I did not work a
single
> QSO on SSB this year. I'll look forward seeing you during weekends on
> sporadics and wish you gl and a lot of nice contacts via MS!
>
> Hannu/OH6MAZ
>
>
>  ---
>  Hannu Forsstr�m (OH6MAZ)
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