I don't "do" contests but do use them to make new contacts and when I have
given 5-5 or 5-7 they have either queried it or ignored me and moved on, and
I have lost count of the number of times I have had to repeat suffix/prefix
or serial number and then been given 5-9...hmmmm
Lowfering is much more fun!! (if a little frustrating at times!). WSPR was
easy to get going but WOLF is looking like a "douleur dans la derriere".
I am guessing that the big bright orange band in the middle of my green
waterfall last night was Dr. Moritz and his Grimeton-esque transmitter but I
got no decodes. I did try the 197KHz calibration trick but to no effect. I
need to RTFM as I am still clueless as to what all the numbers mean and I
guess my lack of decodes has more to do with operator error than the
proximity of Jim's TX (though I am sure I can see a glow of Cherenkov
radiation in his direction in the night sky).
I haven't heard Chris XIZ recently so haven't been able to practice my CW?
Anyone going to Loughborough?
Hopefully if I get my ant sorted I'll be on this Sunday and next week a
little less QRPp (or is that a double double negative?)
With best regards
Jim
Dr. James Cowburn
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-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John RABSON
Sent: 11 September 2009 12:44
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: LF: RE: WSPR G7NKS
On 11/09/2009 at 07:05 John P-G wrote:
>"your report is 59 please repeat your name and QTH"
You think you are joking! A couple of years ago a G6+2 came back to me with
just that. I think we should get rid of RS(T) in contests and make the
RoPoCo contest international.
John F5VLF
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