-----Original Message----- From: moon-net-bounces@list-serv.davidv.net [mailto:moon-net-bounces@list-serv.davidv.net] On Behalf Of W5UN Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2005 12:51 AM To: moon-net@list-serv.davidv.net Subject: [Moon-net] EME ARRL 2004 Contest Results - W5UN Here is my experience using the JT mode: The maximum rate of working stations using JT65 is about six per hour. And that is with stations lined up calling, and completing in a minimum number of sequences. These same stations could easily be worked on CW at a rate of about twenty-five or so per hour at the beginning of the contest, because they are generally the BIG stations with loud signals. Unfortunately, CW activity is down, and this trend started well before JT arrived on the scene. For working small, single yagi, 100 watt type stations on JT65, my experience is that it is do-able, but not as simple as the uninitiated might expect. For example, I spent several days running with OK1TEH, who was using 100 watts to a 4 element yagi. A QSO was finally accomplished during our last schedule after he called me for hours on end before I ever decoded calls from him. Another very small station, YO4FNG, was worked after three hours of a running schedule on a very good day! These are typical examples of how I am doing with small stations. So you see, the competitive advantage during a contest just isn't as much as one might assume. Back in the "good old days" I would receive telephone calls from stations who heard me and wanted to run a schedule. Well, the telephone just isn't ringing as much today, because it is now called "internet". I whole heartedly agree that using such aids during a contest gives one an advantage over those who do not use them. That is why I submitted my log to ARRL stating that I had used the Internet loggers for spotting, to assist me during the contest. However, no advanced, or on-the-fly schedules were made on the loggers. I chose this operating strategy with the proviso that my log be considered differently than those who were unassisted, and not using the Internet. I see that the contest results posted by ARRL do not distinguish this fact. I even put out the statement on this reflector prior to the contest start that I would use any and every means available to maximize my QSO total, because that is what I wanted to do: work as many stations as I could. I think JT is bring a whole new group of hams into the EME fold, and I welcome them. I still want to work you old timers again also. 73, Dave - W5UN w5un@wt.net homepage: http://web.wt.net/~w5un Grid: EM23mg RR 10, Box 27 Mount Pleasant, TX 75455 _______________________________________________ Moon-Net posting and subscription instructions are at http://www.nlsa.com/nets/moon-net-help.html