This is great. Thanks for the write up. I’m not the biggest station, but have started calling off frequency just a bit and it does work. The timing thing is so important, not need to beat the big guns when they are shooting at each other. Just sneak in through the side window lol. W4BRI
Pileups are getting worse too. AD4EB was running in the GA QSO Party this weekend mobile. the pileups were insane. People just called and called and called and called. He is mobile so he is down from the pile. I am sure it was frustrating for both sides. He called me back a couple of times and I thought he called me but I was not sure so I waited and sure enough he was giving me a report. Every one has to be 1st.
For DX working split you need to call where the station is listening. A bandscope makes this much easier. VP2VI had a huge pileup on 40m last night of both EU and NA stations. He was sending up. Not many packet spots. Once I found the last station he worked I was in the log quickly. He was much higher than I expected. No use calling 1 up when he is listening 3 up.
He had a huge pileup this morning on I want to say 10m. I couldn’t get him, people don’t know know how to work split and we’re blowing his tx frequency out. Very very annoying. W4BRI
This is great. Thanks for the write up. I’m not the biggest station, but have started calling off frequency just a bit and it does work. The timing thing is so important, not need to beat the big guns when they are shooting at each other. Just sneak in through the side window lol. W4BRI
Pileups are getting worse too. AD4EB was running in the GA QSO Party this weekend mobile. the pileups were insane. People just called and called and called and called. He is mobile so he is down from the pile. I am sure it was frustrating for both sides. He called me back a couple of times and I thought he called me but I was not sure so I waited and sure enough he was giving me a report. Every one has to be 1st.
For DX working split you need to call where the station is listening. A bandscope makes this much easier. VP2VI had a huge pileup on 40m last night of both EU and NA stations. He was sending up. Not many packet spots. Once I found the last station he worked I was in the log quickly. He was much higher than I expected. No use calling 1 up when he is listening 3 up.
He had a huge pileup this morning on I want to say 10m. I couldn’t get him, people don’t know know how to work split and we’re blowing his tx frequency out. Very very annoying. W4BRI