[PVRCNC] FW: ARRLDX SSB W4BBT SOAB HP

Mon Mar 6 14:04:42 EST 2023

In the hottest part of my runs, I was trying to ID every 3rd or 4th QSO.
That time frame was probably no more than 2 minutes.  I know from my S&P
efforts, I usually give a runner 5 or 6 QSOs to ID before I either move on
or throw out "your call?". That's a lot of time!

Looking forward to SOLP (maybe SB 10M) from the beach in CQWPX SSB in a few
weeks.

73,
Henry - K4TMC

On Mon, Mar 6, 2023 at 11:34 AM James Jordan <k4qpl2 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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