[NLRS] Rovermania: Reaching out to others to generate growth

[Todd Sprinkmann]

Hi Dan,

I just wanted to comment a little bit about the bottom paragraph where
I put "CRAVE" in bold.  That was mine and you called me on something.  :)

I am guilty of not just calling a general CQ very much on 144 and
above.  I will do it much more when there's a contest, signs of a band
opening or some fairly distant station or a new call out there.  I'm not
much at all for regular ragchewing, and that's not something I'm terribly
proud to admit.  I realize that if folks only get on for contests, it makes
for a lot of dead time.  It's just that the contests are so damn much fun
and they are guaranteed.

Another factor is that I have my rigs out in a separate shed, so when I'm
out here, it's often for "hunting" and not so much just "hanging out".  I 
also
learned so much about propagation from various internet resources ( the
6 meter chat site I mentioned some weeks ago www.dxers.info, as well
as the dxworld prop loggers and even a very active email list that is used
by TV and FM broadcast band DX'ers ) that I tend to check the
computer for early warning of openings.  I realize that this is probably
irksome to many older hams, but since I learned about the hobby via
the internet and just got on the air 2 years ago, I thought I'd share my
limited experience.

Any efforts toward establishing roundtables or nets (especially those
with a focus toward reaching beyond the typical 100 mile range) get
my attention.  Just so happens that often, Sunday night is not a radio
night for me.  But I could definitely make more of an effort to check
into the NLRS nets and try to gauge propagation up your way.

In fact, as I review this, I've come up with a bit of a brainstorm
that I would like to talk about in a separate email.  Look for that in a
bit.

73,
Todd  KC9BQA

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "daniel monson" <danielmonson at compuserve.com>
To: "NLRS" <nlrs at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, June 18, 2005 11:36 AM
Subject: [NLRS] Rovermania: Reaching out to others to generate growth


>
>
>>was often successful in following a pair of stations
>>completed their contact was apparently never heard as they had hit the
>>bandswitch the instant the last one of them lifted the PTT button.
>>Perhaps I should be less polite and tail end in the middle, but unhappy
>>folks can remember who made them unhappy and hear even less well. <
>
> I had little time on the weekend, but the time I did work, I found that to
> be the rule.   I only have 6 and 2 meters, so I usually lost all contact
> when the stations changed to bands I couldn't monitor.  Has anyone ever
> done a study on score numbers for working one station on each band that 
> you
> have versus working multiple stations on each band before moving on?
>
>
>>Sure it can get hectic, but
>> hey, considering we listen to dead air most of the time, I CRAVE the
>> activity that contests bring.<
>
> So key up instead of just listening!  I used to call CQ fairly often, but
> the image started to form in mymind of other operators hearing me and
> thinking 'It's just RQH again, no QSO points or new grid squares, so why
> answer?'  I hope that's not the case.
>
> Dan
> KC0RQH, EN35
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