[PVRCNC] FW: ARRLDX SSB W4BBT SOAB HP
Don Gladwell
dongladwell1 at gmail.com
Mon Mar 6 15:09:33 EST 2023
Didn’t know I would create so much discussion, but thanks for all your comments.
73,
Don-W4BBT
Sent from my iPhone
> On Mar 6, 2023, at 2:05 PM, Henry Pollock - K4TMC <kilo4tmc at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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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