[NLRS] Cqww vhf

[Mary Brown]

The guys running digital need to go analog part of the hour... FT8 bores 
me to death, no challenge in it... watching a computer make contacts is 
just meh! If they would hp up on the calling frequency in the last 10 
minutes of the hour they would increase the number of Q's made. 
Especially when they are S9+++ FT8 is not needed and voice contacts are 
way faster!


Mary

W0AAT

PS: Don't even ask me to do FT8, not happening!

On 7/15/2024 11:49 AM, Jim Spence via NLRS wrote:
> Comments & Suggestions from the peanut gallery:
>
> 1)  2023 results article is posted - scores last year were generally 
> low - matched poor/flat conditions.  In a flat condition scenario 
> (likely for 2024), NLRS is located in one of the best areas of the 
> country to be competitive nationally.  Take advantage!
>
> 2)  NLRS has a lot of members with 6m & 2m capability.  Organize and 
> agree on a time period ahead of time to get active on the analog 
> modes. Perhaps the first 2 hours?  Perhaps the last 2 hours Sunday 
> afternoon?  Perhaps both?  Perhaps some other time with a bunch of 
> folks available?
>
> 3)  PLEASE CQ as much as possible.  No one will know you are QRV if 
> you don't transmit.  The inherent digital mode advantage is that 
> active stations are effectively 50% duty cycle and extremely easy to 
> find & ID.  Are you easy to find & ID on analog modes?  CQ!
>
> 73
>
> Jim KO9A (EN52xc)
>
> On Monday, July 15, 2024 at 11:44:11 AM CDT, Rusty Lane via NLRS 
> <nlrs at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
>
>
> Dave et all,
> I have not been active with the hobby for a long time until covid came 
> along, I jumped feet first into SOTA and a little POTA, great reason 
> to get outside, fresh air and addressed being stir crazy during the 
> pandemic.
> I am not a digital operator, I have gotten on for a couple VHF 
> contests and been disappointed in lack of activity. I love CW and SSB, 
> I spend my time on CW mainly on HF with NAQCC, SK club and other 
> monthly and weekly sprints, lots of CW and SSB activity on HF for me. 
> We tried a monthly NLRS CW sprint, I got frustrated calling CQ and 
> hearing nothing, digital seems to have taken over.
> I have limited free time so HF is where I hang my hat currently.
>
> Russell Lane, W0LMS
> 612-578-4809
> Life is a journey, not a destination!
>
>
>
> On Monday, July 15, 2024 at 10:32:00 AM CDT, Dave Aho - N9TTX via NLRS 
> <nlrs at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
>
>
> Just as a curiosity, and planning question, how many operators still 
> use SSB/CW as opposed to digital during the contest? Have they gone 
> all but extinct?  I remember 2020 was very sparse on those modes.
>
> I modulate, therefore I am! ...73, and all that jazz, Dave...N9TTX 
> Always remember: "It could be worse.....it could be raining." Marty 
> Feldman from "Young Frankenstein"
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