[CQ-Contest] Working Split In A Contest Is Verboten!

[Stan Stockton]

Not a great example...D4C was split on 160m when I worked him.  I am sure
he was working stations faster as a result although it was taking up 3 khz.

Stan, K5GO.

On Sun, Feb 21, 2016 at 11:54 PM, Jim Brown <k9yc at audiosystemsgroup.com>
wrote:

> Today was the first time in a long time I've witnessed this very bad
> practice, bad because it dumps your callers on top of a dozen or more other
> running stations. Two stations did it Sunday afternoon, and one of them
> clobbered A35T. PULEEZE don't do this, guys.
>
> Good operators learn how to manage pileups without the crutch of split.
> The guys at D4C are a great example. They're always busy, but I'm nearly
> always able to get through by skillfully working around the pileup centered
> on their frequency, both because they're even more skilled at working it
> and because they have great ears. I ran QRP (5W) this weekend, and I'm in
> their log on four bands from NorCal. Not once did it take me more than a
> few calls WITH 5W!
>
> 73, Jim K9YC
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