[CQ-Contest] Dr. DX

[Pete Smith N4ZR]

VE3NEA's Pileup Runner <http://dxatlas.com/PileupRunner/> should also be 
mentioned here.  Its one significant deficiency as a pileup trainer, 
IMO, is that it does not have any provision for "tuning the receiver" 
other than to click on a waterfall trace.  I find that my optimum pileup 
technique is to tune minimally with the RIT and work everyone I can 
quickly, and only*then* tune elsewhere in the pileup.

73, Pete N4ZR
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On 12/17/2013 7:56 AM, Richard F DiDonna NN3W wrote:
> For those of you who have not seen Dr. DX, here is a screen shot from 
> a presentation done at Dayton in 2005.
>
>  http://www.kkn.net/dayton2005/Who%20needs%20sunspots.pdf
>
> 73 Rich NN3W
>
> On 12/16/2013 3:39 PM, kr2q at optimum.net wrote:
>> I don't remember the year, but I used Dr. DX at Dayton, out in the 
>> one the convention center
>> areas.
>>
>> They didn't have much of a pileup (people), but I gave it a try.
>>
>> For those who never got to play with it, you would set your call 
>> (location) and go.  It "knew"
>> what the bands (all of them) should be like for YOUR location 
>> (including DX) for that time of day.
>>
>> So if you set it up for east coast USA and went to 80m at local noon 
>> time, the band was dead.
>> But if you went to 80 at, say 10pm local time, it was hopping, 
>> including QRM and static crashes.
>> But if you went to 10m at 10pm local time, 
>> hisssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss.
>>
>> I remember one guy set it up as if his call were an HS.  All he had 
>> were JA callers on 20m at whatever
>> time he had set it up for.  Pretty cool stuff.
>>
>> And you "tuned the band" to find DX too. It was the BEST contest 
>> simulator I've ever experienced.
>>
>> Too bad there isn't something like that now with a windows GUI. 
>> During crappy SFI, it
>> was more fun than the actual contest (not sure if that would still 
>> hold true...activity has
>> just gone through the roof compared to back then...no matter what).
>>
>> Bring it back....I'd buy one!
>>
>> de Doug KR2Q
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