>
> The first time I did this was with W6OAT on Clipperton. I was
> the transmitting operator, and Rusty would mumble calls to me
> verbally to feed into the queue. We were surprised at how often
> we would pick different calls out of a large CW pileup. Since I
> had my hand on the key, I got to send my pick of the pileup
> first... sometimes prompting Rusty to say "I never even heard that guy
> calling..."
>
> It's very educational to listen in with a good op on a pileup.
> One learns lots of new operating techniques.
>
> 73,
> -- Eric K3NA
Wasn't that fun?
My first time doing that was while sitting next to Dave/K5GN as he worked
the pileup on 20m during a contest at NR5M many years ago.
We had the headphones tee-d together and I would write down the call I
copied. He either answered someone he copied or took mine.
Interestingly, while John/K6AM and I frequently picked the same calls at
ZF1A, Dave and I more often than not picked different calls. Maybe our
ears were the factor: John and I are closer in age, while Dave is much
younger than me.
:-)
73,
dale, kg5u
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