K8OT I guess I will break my code of silence on this issue. I haven't really been at this too long - but you might want to keep in mind that with the extreme conditions of this contest I was running my receive BW down as low as 20 to 100 HZ many times. I would try and widen it up - just to get clobbered and not be able to hear anything but extremely strong signals. I also would wiggle my RIT around a bit - but it is certainly conceivable that somebody responding to a CQ - if not zero beat - could get missed - at least for a few cycles maybe. Bruce W8RA
--- On Tue, 2/1/11, gedk...@aol.com <gedk...@aol.com> wrote: > From: gedk...@aol.com <gedk...@aol.com> > Subject: Re: Topband: To Topband Contesters ( 1 Day After) > To: oz...@mail.dk, topband@contesting.com > Date: Tuesday, February 1, 2011, 8:40 PM > YUP those chair sitters I got on > for while. I thought I would pass out a > few points so I was just S&P with 100 wts. because I > have a job here at > home now. and can't put in a lot of hours. > I ran across some of them, I called that were calling > CQ over and over > and didn't answer my call even though I could not hear > anybody else calling > them and I would stand bye when I heard somebody calling > them to see if they > got an answer. nothing!!! I guess they had auto CQ on > and either had to go > potty or maybe for Coffee or did they go to sleep with auto > CQ on. these > are the same ones who worry about rates?? and just have to > hold that Freq at > all costs. Alligators????, OH well!! > ED K8OT > _______________________________________________ > UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK > _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK