First off Alex, thank for your contribution to ham software, I use (and
registered) several of your products.....timing in the pileup is critical, as
is tuning off the last station worked...how much depends on the situation, no
real set amount.....true tailgating, if done correctly, is a good technique,
but I feel has contributed to all the out of turn calling lately.....and thats
not tailgating......when a station clearly comes back to SP1ABC, then K5ABC
should not be calling, thats just good manners, and probably something their
mothers should have taught them.....sounds like you have your macros set, which
is another plus......nothing breaks the rhytym of VE3XYZ 599 TU like “Hi my
name is Peter and I’m in EN91 runninga TS440 to a Butternut vertical “......
Don AA5AU is an accomplished web author, I havent checked his site, but that
would be a good place to start with some DO’s and DONT’s of rtty dxing.....
> On 4/10/2016 2:19:01 PM, Alex, VE3NEA (alshovk@dxatlas.com) wrote:
> > I started chasing DX using RTTY three months ago, after 35 years of DX'ing
> > CW only. Trying to learn the new mode, I searched the
> Internet for RTTY tutorials, and I found quite a few, but all of them either
> explained how to set up MMTTY, the software that I
> do not use, or how to operate in the contests. The only presentation on RTTY
> DX'ing I could find just told me that I needed two
> macros, my callsign and "599 TU" - something that I had already figured out
> myself. How to crack the pileups, how to find the DX
> listening frequency, how to choose the right time to send your call - none of
> this was covered in the publications that I could
> find. I know that many of the subscribers to this list are experienced RTTY
> DX'ers, even though it is a contesting list, some
> are even on the Honor Roll - perhaps you guys could share your RTTY DX'ing
> techniques with those of us who are just making their
> first steps in this area.
>
> Having no RTTY-specific skills, I tried to use my CW techniques to crack the
> RTTY pileups, and this worked, to some extent, but
> I quickly discovered that there are some important differences between the
> two modes that needed to be addressed. For examnple,
> in CW I use QSK to know when the DX
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