i understand having a receiver that you have on in the background, that's not
SO3R - that's just having a receiver making noise.
SOXR means actively using the radios. Running on #1, S&P on #2, and how do you
actively use the #3? simply turning it on to "monitor" a band is meaningless.
what frequency to you listen to, esp. on 10m? i think you would get a far
greater idea of what was happening by using the packet spots (not just the
annouce or band map in CT). seeing where the spots are coming from will give
you an idea of the propagation.
listening to a receiver off to the side is not very representative of activity
on the band. you are certain to miss weak signal and if you aren't tuning
around, you will not hear all the activity - that makes it an active exercise
and simply having it on is not active in the least.
my experiences with SO2R operators have been very much the same - i have heard
stations calling CQ on one freq and then 10 up heard the same guy trying to
bust a pileup. stations are replying to the CQ and get no answer because the
guy is up 10 on the 2nd radio in the pileup. at what point is the first radio
little more than a place holder to keep a frequency with a prerecorded message.
instead of calling CQ on the freq, why not say "working a pileup WnXXX WnXXX
in the pileup back in a minute"
at least then i would know to not bother and answer your CQ.
-steve hanlon
kb3kaq
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