> Option 1: DX quits and goes to beach.
> Option 2: DX tries calling someone on the same frequency.
> Option 3: DX starts S&P and never tries to resume running
> Option 4: DX asks up 3
> Option 5: DX asks up 5
> Option 6: DX asks up and listens 3-7 up
Jukka, there is another option that will surely become more popular: DX QSYs
and starts another smaller pileup.
Agreed that finding another frequency is not often easy but it may result in
a higher net rate than trying to manage a simplex pileup that is out of
control for reasons not of the DX station's making.
Given that we now have the tools to know so much about who is operating
where, running strategies must evolve to limit the pileup size to maximize
rate. In contesting 1.0, the strategy is to be loud (thank you, N2AA) but
in contesting 2.0, the strategy must change to be both loud AND workable.
The optimum tactics for implementing workability are yet to be determined.
73, Ward N0AX
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