Hi all; I was enjoying the CQWW-SSB contest and I heard a station working split (I think!). This is the first radio I have owned that would work split and so I have never used that technique even tho
Scott, I didn't see a response but some mailing lists seem to be queuing up messages more than usual, so there might be many responses that havent been released. In your specific case, because he sai
Hi Scott. You didn't say if he was a domestic station or a DX station, but that should not matter actually. He was saying he was *listening* on *both* 7.128 and 7.033. He was listening for other peop
Scott, You're correct that he was listening where he was transmitting and also on 7033. 7033 is actually pretty low in the band and likely to stir up some DX CW operator opposition, but yes, he was h
AA0AA wrote: The operator was on 7.128.30 (on my dial) and kept saying (exact words) "this frequency and 'seven zero three three'". "This frequency" is his transmitting one of 7128 kHz. He listens th
This is quite a common contest protocol on 40M, stemming from the days when Region I and III were limited to 7.0 to 7.1 MHz, preventing simplex voice comms between Region II and stations in the other
Hi Scott, Do you have a second receiver in your rig? If not, you won't hear anything on your transmit frequency when you run split. If you want to hear what is on that frequency, you need to swap VFO
Thanks to all who provided answers to my question about split operating. And, as mentioned by several, I did hear some European stations being called up high on the band and no one answering, but I j
Scott, It's not persacktly a "book" but http://wiki.contesting.com/ is a rich source of contesting hints, tips, kinks, and narrative. 73, de Hans, K0HB Thanks to all who provided answers to my questi