As someone who operates unassisted almost 100% of the time from home, it
is unusual that I get clobbered by a "packet pileup" in the manner that
Tom describes. Almost always, by the time I find someone good on the S&P
radio, the assisted folks have already worked him/her. If I stumble
across a pileup, and K3LR/W3LPL/K9CT/etc. is in the pileup, that one
goes into the bandmap, and I return 10 minutes later. This is all part
of my strategy, as someone who neither lives on the east coast, nor has
more than a single medium-size monobander on any band.
73,
Steve, N2IC
On 12/12/2014 10:00 AM, Tom Osborne wrote:
Hi Mark
It used to be that way with individual spotters, but with RBN, as soon
as that rare one calls CQ, RBN picks it up and spots it. Then you, as
unassisted, are competing with the assisted op's. You are both in the
same pileup, whether assisted or not.
I agree - it used to be very exciting to be tuning the band and hear a
'5923, but now you hear a '5923'. then ROOOOAAAARRRRR calling them.
Can you imagine what it must sound like on the DX end :-) 73
Tom W7WHY
On 12/12/2014 7:48 AM, Mark Simms wrote:
Harpole's comments resonated with me because one of the things that still
thrills me is "discovering" a rare station calling CQ Test (often high up
in the band on CW) that hasn't (yet) attracted a pile up. It is the
complete serendipity that makes for the kind of reinforcement to keep
tuning around. It seems that spotting networks spoil a lot of the fun
on 2
levels - they take away the "surprise" element and they create pileups
that
make it hard for "little pistols" to crack in a contest situation.
I think "non-spotters" should get a differential multiplier if we
stick to
that during a contest.
Mark, W9MS
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