Wolf DL1SAN wrote:
. . . what about a sked on sunday morning at 3:00 UTC? How will we
proceed to reach a high probability of qso?
Yes! Hopefully, propagation will be as good as when Christer and I did a
similar test two weeks ago.
I hope to be QRV from 03:00 - 05:00 UT, Sunday 5th December on 136.8 kHz, +/-
QRM [!], weather permitting. I will call DL1SAN for 5 minutes starting at
03:00 & 03:30. I will listen for DL1SAN for 5 minutes starting at 03:05 &
03:35. Each time, I will listen first on my TX frequency, then carefully
tune 136.2 to 137.4 kHz.
At other times, I will either be sending CQ calls, or listening for other
'early birds'. (I hope some other TXing/RXing stations will be able to join
in the fun too!)
To increase the probability of a QSO if copy is difficult, I find that the
following procedure works well:
1) start and end the first transmission(s) with 3 x 3 callsigns (e.g. N4ICK
N4ICK N4ICK DE GW4ALG GW4ALG GW4ALG);
2) once you are sure that both callsigns have been copied correctly, start
and end each over with 1 x 1 callsigns (e.g. ZL4MD DE GW4ALG);
3) if you think that one of the callsigns is in doubt, use 1 x 3; or 3 x 1
callsigns, as appropriate;
4) send two 'K's at the end of each transmission;
5) only send the outgoing report (i.e. do not re-send the incoming report),
and send it at least five times at each attempt; and,
6) only send a series of 'R's when you are sure that you have copied the
other station's callsign - and your incoming report - correctly.
Regards to all,
Steve GW4ALG
[email protected]
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