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

[Joe]

I find it interesting, reading all these E-Mails, where I agree as it 
seems 90% say never during a contest.
What I can not believe is the 10% that say it is OK, but then in the 
very next message they complain about Key Clicks.
Key Clicks are horrible, yet it's just fine to take up twice as much 
band-with for ONE station by running split?
Running Narrow by NOT running split is very easy to do.
Running Narrow by NOT having Key Clicks, not so much.
I honestly If i had bad Key Clicks I right now honestly do not know what 
I would do to lessen them. Honestly.
I grew up with old boatanchors, that some had clicks and some diddn't. 
many had HIGH voltages at the contacts of that straight key. You would 
see sparks when youre transmitting. If you had bad clicks you added some 
R & C across the contacs, and it helps and even removed them all sometimes.
Now on this old TS-430S if it had bad clicks, not a clue what to do 
about it.

Joe WB9SBD
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On 2/22/2016 7:56 PM, Tom Haavisto wrote:
> I think there are times when good judgement and common sense need to be
> taken into account, and there are times when running split is the only way
> to manage things.  I worked 4W/K1YC, and had he NOT been running split, he
> would have quickly lost control of the pileup.  He was NOT loud, but quite
> copyable.
>
> No - I don't recommend running split in a contest, but had he not run
> split, he may as well have went QRT as his only other viable option.  I
> think he also exercised good judgement by operating high in the band
>
> Tom - VE3CX
>
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> On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 4:51 PM, Alan M. Eshleman <doctore at well.com> wrote:
>
>> Agree.  The incident in question here is 4W/K1YC (9V1YC) on, if I recall
>> correctly, 15 M.  9V1YC is a great op.  He chose a spot way up the band and
>> a very narrow (1 KHz) split.  He still had the problem of extracting calls
>> from the pileup and the callers had a much easier time knowing when he had
>> come back to him.  I certainly don't recommend this as standard contest
>> procedure, but in this case it worked.
>>
>> With respect to K9YC: congratulations to Jim for a fabulous QRP effort in
>> the contest.  I'll bet he finishes way up in the standings.
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> Alan/K6SRZ
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Tree" <tree at kkn.net>
>> To: cq-contest at contesting.com
>> Sent: Monday, February 22, 2016 10:20:41 AM
>> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Working Split In A Contest Is Verboten!
>>
>> I disagree with the idea that operating split during a contest is
>> Verboten.
>>
>> Working split is something that is done to react to a specific set of
>> circumstances - and I don't see the difference between being in a contest
>> or not.
>>
>> The set of circumstances is pretty intuitive.  If you have a pileup and
>> people you come back to are not hearing you because of the pileup.  One of
>> the things that helps enable this is propagation.
>>
>> I have used split during a contest exactly twice.  You do need to be aware
>> of the impact it can have on QRM - and in both cases - I took steps to
>> mitigate it.
>>
>> One of these came while operating from UA0C during the Friendship Radio
>> Games.  I was essentially a special event station and the European pileup
>> was having a hard time hearing me come back to them.   This really wasn't
>> what most people think of as a contest - but going split gave me an
>> advantage that eventually resulted in a gold medal.
>>
>> The other time was at KL7RA on 10SSB during a CQ WW SSB contest - when we
>> had a marginal opening to Europe and a MASSIVE pileup.  I ended up on
>> something like 29.200 MHz - and ended up going split because the Europeans
>> could not hear me over those who had to call over and over.  I actually
>> ended up with two pileups - one up 5 and the other up 10.
>>
>> The whole point is to maximize the QSO potential of any situation.  In a
>> contest - you should do whatever you can to maximize your QSOs. (that is
>> within the rules and regulations of a contest).  I don't see where going
>> split crosses any ethical boundaries - especially when done on part of the
>> band that is not very crowded.
>>
>> Tree N6TR
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