CQWWDX this weekend

[k0jjm]

http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif Remember that some of us do not have major antenna systems on 40, 80, and 160. I will be using a dipole up 30' for these bands because that is the best I can do! We won't be able to work all the overseas zones easily but please respond to us so we can get credit for the zones we can reach, especially in North American and the Carribbean. It will help our scores tremendously! Thanks a lot and see you on the bands. I am operating from a field in Osage County, Kansas using a GAP Titan in addition to the above dipole. We are doing a Fall Field Day for this contest just for the heck of it! At least it doesn't look like 3 inches of rain in the forecast like Field Day in June! But it is supposed to hit 80 today while we are setting up! Better than snow I guess.

[K9STH]

JJM:

Learn the "tricks" for 80 and 40 meter SSB Dxing which includes running a separate receiver for the DX (since 99 percent will be running "split") and then using your primary receiver / transceiver to find the station that the DX is working. After a transmission, or two, you can see the "pattern" that the DX is using. That is, is the station coming back to stations on exactly the same frequency each time (this happens very seldom) or is the station actually moving up or down the band. By listening on the frequency that the others are using you can then move slightly higher or slightly lower than the station that just called and quite often be the next station that the DX works.

This little "trick" has been published all over the place. But it seems that very few casual contest operators ever pay any attention. The "real" contest stations already know this and that is one reason why they seem to work the DX much sooner than what they would normally accomplish.

This is exactly what I do. I use my Collins 75S-3A receiver to control my 32S-3 and look for the station that the DX is working around the "called out" frequency. I normally use one of my 75S-1 receivers to listen for the DX operating outside of the U.S. phone band. After a transmission, or two, when I have figured out the DX station's receiving pattern I give my call a time or two. Most of the time I am the next station worked. Sometimes I have to call more, but generally I am able to work the DX within a minute, two at the most, of when I start to call.

Glen, K9STH

[KC7UP]

Glen that trick was taught to me in my first contest-1985. It still certainly hold true for today.
Curt

[kj5t]

Listen for KD5OWO.. and just for Clarification Texas is in CQ Zone 4 right?

[ad5qb]

Quote[/b] (KD5OWO @ Oct. 29 2004,16:47)]Listen for KD5OWO.. and just for Clarification Texas is in CQ Zone 4 right?
Correct, and good luck

[kj5t]

Thanks Ken, if you are on 40 saturday afternoon doing the contest we may run into eachother...

[K6BBC]

This is a great contest! I hope I can get to 125 countries this time. Perhaps the gods of propagation will smile upon us…

K6BBC

[K9STH]

OWO:

If you happen to work any JAs (Japanese stations) which will be coming through especially if 10 meters and 15 meters opens (Texas is in a very good location for "JA runs") just say "go coo see". "Go" is five in Japanese, "coo" is nine, and "see" is four. Of course I am using a phonetic spelling of the word representing the number.

Also, during the early morning hours you may be able to work some JAs on 40. I usually do without any problems.

I learned to count in Japanese when I was in 3rd grade. My mother's youngest brother had spent some time in Japan on rotation from Korea (during the Korean War).

Glen, K9STH

[w4rot]

T minus 7 minutes...I'm gonna be a slacker on this one.. a few S and P's a maybe..things to do...but I wish you all high rates and many zones.
Have fun!!!
w4rot

[W3MIV]

I am now off to play radio for a while. Gonna start at about 14.168 and play by ear.

[w4rot]

Damn Extra...
Go for it man...I'll see ya over 14.227. But I can listen!!!
You're gonna love it!
w4rot

[K9STH]

I am taking a short break from 40 meters. However, the number of United States amateurs who do NOT know that we cannot transmit below 7150 KHz on phone is appalling. What is even worse is that out of the well over a dozen stations that I heard calling the DX on their frequency (below 7100 KHz) is that all but one had an Extra callsign! I didn't look up the single remaining station to check his class of license.

These stations weren't ones that just happened to put their transceiver on the wrong VFO but were calling time after time. Then they would go try to work another station on the DX station's frequency! This is blatantly illegal as well as showing that the offending operator doesn't have a "clue" as to where he/she can operate. They just hear a station on SSB and immediately zero-beat that frequency and call away.

I have heard this many times before. But, tonight was the worst that I have ever heard this practice. Unfortunately memorizing the answers to the test questions and then forgetting the information after taking the test has become a serious problem. At the least a station can download and then print the band assignments from the ARRL website. They can even be printed in color. Frankly, it isn't too much to ask that any station check the various emissions versus frequencies that are allowed. However, I guess that is asking too much!

Glen, K9STH

[wd5kca]

10M just shut down for the night. It was really hot this evening. Worked a bunch of JA's, a couple of ZL's and first time for me, an XX.

I spent some time on 40, but my antenna is too low for decent DX so I could only hear a cacophony stateside stations