[NLRS] Contest Comments

[Chris Cox, N0UK]

On Wed, 18 Jun 2003 N0HJZ@aol.com wrote:
> 2) QSY a bunch.  I heard a few locals say "This is N0XXX QSY'ing down three 
> (or five).  That does nothing to clear the calling freq.  Try to QSY a good 
> distance from the calling freqs.
Quite so.  There was actually one station on that, although not extremely 
strong (there were certainly others who were much stronger!) who was 
splattering +/1 15kHz and operating on .195 - quite frustrating.
 > 
> 4) CW QSO's - Make 'em short so other guys can work the station.  I'd hear 
> the band come up and someone would work a station out 300-400 miles.  Instead of 
> a quick "RR EN34, EN34 73 dit dit"  I would hear "RRR RRR EN34 EN34 GL GL 73 
> 73 GL GL 73 73 N0XXX N0XXX DE N0XXX N0XXX 73 73 K K K" etc.  Meanwhile the 
> band has peaked and the station has started to drop.  A few others have missed 
> their chance at this guy for a while.  A short QSO works great and lets others 
> get in on the fun.
Yes, I did hear this a few times too.
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