----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Rauch" <w8ji@contesting.com>
>> 4. ALWAYS split at least 2 kHz.
>
> The above is VERY important. There are very few CW signals
> that are clean 1kHz away, plus people will make errors. 2kHz
> is the very minimum split that assures people will hear you
> when you are weak.
>
There is a station in Arizona who is very wide. When I
told him about it, he got his friend (another prominent
call on 160) to vouch for him that his signal was "clean".
It is laughable, because I can always tell when he is calling
in the pileup split just by listening to the DX station's QRG.
> I'd like to add on 160 because of slow QSB it is helpful to
> repeat the callsign of the station you are working at the
> end. That way of QSB takes out the early part or makes a
> person unsure he will have a good chance of hearing it
> confirmed later. Takes less time to do that then to work the
> same people three times.
T30XX was doing a good job of this repeating the stations
call several times and the report several times. Helps give
us receive challenged folks a warm fuzzy that you've actually
made a qso rather than being left guessing and wondering if
you should work them again later.
73, Mike W4EF.................................
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