[PVRCNC] FW: ARRLDX SSB W4BBT SOAB HP

James Jordan k4qpl2 at gmail.com
Mon Mar 6 11:34:37 EST 2023 

Two comments:
Yes, not sending ID regularly is bad. We insist on it here.
 HOWEVER, have you actually measured the time between ID’s? I regularly get “call?” as short as ten or fifteen seconds after the last ID. If you’re S&P fifteen seconds sounds like forever after you’ve tuned or clicked on a runner. 
73,
Jim K4QPL VP5M 

Sent from my iPhone

> On Mar 6, 2023, at 11:07 AM, Henry Pollock - K4TMC <kilo4tmc at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Thanks for the ideas.  Yes, I drink lots of coffee and water, except when
> things are going fast.  I do use a single DVR message for the basic CQ
> contest call.  But, since the K3 has 3 additional message blocks, I'll try
> Rowland's idea and populate the other message buttons.
> 
> 73,
> Henry - K4TMC
> 
> 
>> On Mon, Mar 6, 2023 at 10:56 AM Nathan Moreschi <n4ydu at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> 
>> I crack up at the robo-voice stuff.
>> 
>> Agree totally with Rowland.
>> 
>> Nate
>> 
>> On Monday, March 6, 2023 at 10:52:23 AM EST, Rowland Archer <
>> rarcher at tourstar.net> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> Nate has way more experience with this than I do -- but my approach is to
>> record the common phrases as voice macros in N1MM+,
>> turn on enter sends exchange, and then when I hit enter to log the Q,
>> N1MM+ sends "Thanks, K4XD contest."  I don't think this sounds robotic
>> since I pre-recorded the entire phrase, it's not being pieced together like
>> the robo-voicing of call signs.
>> 
>> 73,
>> Rowland K4XD
>> 
>> On Mon, Mar 6, 2023 at 10:45 AM Henry Pollock - K4TMC <kilo4tmc at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> 
>> Yes it is annoying from the S&Per's standpoint...been there done that.
>> 
>> However, from the runners standpoint (my recent NCQP effort), after 2-plus
>> hours of 100+ rate, I found my voice fading, so I started going for several
>> QSOs without IDing.  Yes, there were those that then asked "your call". I
>> would then give my call on the next QRZ. Luckily, the rate slowed down and
>> I was able to ID after every QSO.
>> 
>> Nate, do you have any hints on how to keep your voice during long runs?
>> 
>> 73,
>> Henry - K4TMC
>> 
>> 
>> On Mon, Mar 6, 2023 at 8:24 AM Nathan Moreschi via PVRCNC <
>> pvrcnc at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
>> 
>>> Yes, it's highly annoying. Most guys tend to sign at least after ever 3
>>> Qs or so but after every one sure is nice.
>>>    On Sunday, March 5, 2023 at 09:28:45 PM EST, Tom Lewis via PVRCNC <
>>> pvrcnc at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
>>> 
>>>  Don
>>> That is a pet peeve of mine. They need to give their call often.
>>> 
>>> Tom
>>>    On Sunday, March 5, 2023 at 08:59:24 PM EST, Don Gladwell <
>>> dongladwell1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: webform at b4h.net <webform at b4h.net>
>>> Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2023 8:50 PM
>>> To: 3830 at contesting.com; dongladwell1 at gmail.com
>>> Subject: ARRLDX SSB W4BBT SOAB HP
>>> 
>>>                    ARRL DX Contest, SSB - 2023
>>> 
>>> Call: W4BBT
>>> Operator(s): W4BBT
>>> Station: W4BBT
>>> 
>>> Class: SOAB HP
>>> QTH: NC
>>> Operating Time (hrs): 18.5
>>> 
>>> Summary:
>>> Band  QSOs  Mults
>>> -------------------
>>>  160:
>>>  80:    7    5
>>>  40:  37    21
>>>  20:  80    38
>>>  15:  76    40
>>>  10:  137    54
>>> -------------------
>>> Total:  337  158  Total Score = 159,738
>>> 
>>> Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club
>>> 
>>> Comments:
>>> 
>>> I decided to do all S&P unassisted for this contest with lots of breaks.
>>> 10m was wide open most of the time I was on. 15m and 20m were also good.
>>> 
>>> Now I am going to get on my soapbox again.  When doing S&P unassisted, it
>>> drives me crazy how many operators finish their call with QRZ and no call
>>> sign.
>>> When trying to find new Qs, I either have to waste time until he decides
>> to
>>> give his call, or just move on or shout "What's your Call" if I can get
>>> through the pileup.
>>> 
>>> I did contact several new countries for me in Kenya-5Z4VJ and
>> Israel-4X6TT
>>> during this contest.  I was able to contact VP5M on 20m and 15m but never
>>> found them on any of the other bands. (Remember I am just spinning the
>>> knob)
>>> 
>>> 73, Don-W4BBT
>>> 
>>> 
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