[CQ-Contest] Packet pile ups - do we need them?

[Dale L Martin]

> I find it interesting that we tend to blame pileup problems
> on the technology.  Poor ops are poor ops.  Packet does not
> enhance this situation, but it is not the problem.
>
> However, their is a simple solution.  I don't know why it
> has not been mentioned. Paul, K1XM, at P29VPY this past weekend,
> used this most excellent time-proven technique: operate split.
> Paul used a 1 KHz split typically, and that was fine.  In a crowded
> contest band, even a few hundred hz will do.
>

hmmm...I'm inclined to believe the best solution would be to change the CQ
WW (and other contests) format to Sprint formats...that'll fix the packet
pile-ups.

73,
dale, kg5u

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