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Re:CQ WW SSB 2015 - 2015/10/28 10:17
Thank you guys for congratulations! I hope that was just some preliminary result since I have a lot of things to be improved.
I think the VE - VA misleading that's mostly CW issue. In SSB it doesn't matter. Even VB2 special call sounds good in SSB while that would be a nightmare in CW. I've learned one thing - any callsign good if it sounds loud and clear. In the contest many stations have screwed up signals by over pumping, over compressing and narrowed down to 1 khz ))) So some calls need to be repeated few times to be received correctly. I kept my SSB settings wide enough with a bandwidth about 2.7 kHz and clear so I didn't have VE2-VA2 issues. Few times I had my call has been received as VA3WA for the first time so I had to repeat it few more times. But that's another story.))
I was using a new Heil Pro 7 headset. I've found the Pro 7 microphone produced the best SSB quality I've ever had. The down side it's very heavy and puts a big pressure on my head. I tried to straighten it out and got broken a metal pate holding earphones very soon in the beginning of the contest. So I used an electric tape to fix them somehow. That was looking ugly but I've got very light and comfort pressure I need. )))
73!
Victor
Post edited by: va2wdq, at: 2015/10/28 10:21
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