Actually working split ties up more than two frequencies. There was an
SSB station working split yesterday on 20m. "listening up 5 to 20". Of
course the band was a mess with split callings covering every single
QSO in progress from 5 to 20 up spread out every 1.5 KHz or so.
No monitoring on the TX QRG, none at all.
What a mess !!
73 de Phil - N8PS
Quoting Stanley Zawrotny <k4sbz.stan@gmail.com>:
When I see stations operating split on digital I see so much
confusion from the hams that don't know how to operate split
properly that I wonder if it is worth all the QRM that it causes.
Plus it ties up two freqs, which isn't bad in normal times, but can
be a concern during a contest. Perhaps a slugfest on simplex is
better.
Stan, K4SBZ
"Real radio bounces off the sky."
On Feb 25, 2014, at 10:29 PM, "James C. Hall, MD"
<heartdoc@nwtcc.com> wrote:
Hi All:
I will be W1AW/4 during the 3rd week of March running RTTY. I need
a little advice. I, like many, use N1MM with MMTTY and 2Tone for
demodulation during contests. Being the 'DX' for this one means
potentially split operation, something I do routinely to put DX in
the log when I'm chasing - but not being the DX.
On our DX club reflector, it was suggested that I consider MMVARI
and use its multi-channel RX and browser. This sounded appealing to
me as I could use my mouse and just click the QSO's into the log
(using DXpedition mode). I'm set up for FSK operation. With a
waterfall type operation, I worry about not tight enough filters to
effectively copy the signal. It looks good and I'm reading more on
it such as using the Align button to get the target signal properly
tuned. I'll use either my Mark V or my K3. I do have a P3
panadapter, so that's another option to line up and click signals.
I plan on starting simplex and using stacking. If it gets too
thick, I'll run split. Stacking looked like a good idea for DX'ing
until you realize that there's a lot of jumping around on the
frequencies in the split window - probably not practical. My macro
responses will be designed for speed - probably as short as Ed
W0YK's !
So, what do DXpeditioners et al do ?
73, Jamie
WB4YDL
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