[CQ-Contest] Pileups and calling freqs

[Ricardo Navarrete]

It is a good exercise to answer only if the station call you , if the
station sends only a number and two letters check that are YOUR number and
letters and don't call if didn't match...... I was suffering huge pileups
during sunday evening and was crazy......

73's de Rick EA4ZK

Rick EA4ZK

El lun., 26 nov. 2018 23:06, Randy Thompson K5ZD <k5zd at charter.net>
escribió:

> What Bill said.  The XIT is your best weapon for busting nasty (any)
> pileups.  300 Hz above or below will help you stand out compared to the
> continuous tone of the guys who tune well or click on spots.  I used the
> XIT a lot this past weekend~!
>
>
> Randy, K5ZD
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: CQ-Contest <cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com> On Behalf Of Bill
> > kollenbaum via CQ-Contest
> > Sent: Monday, November 26, 2018 1:35 PM
> > To: cq-contest at contesting.com
> > Subject: [CQ-Contest] Pileups and calling freqs
> >
> > After listening to howling pileups all weekend, I have a tip for some of
> > the less experienced guys.
> > When 5, 10 or 15 guys are all calling on the same freq, especially with
> > AGC on it sounds like one tone with QSB.  Unless you have a huge signal
> > you sound like part of the single tone.  Do yourself a favor and go up or
> > down a bit and call.  You would not believe how many of the lesser
> signals
> > I responded to since I could hear them slightly up or down.  Since QRM is
> > not as big an issue as back on the mainland I can run with the filters
> > wider and have no problem with guys calling off freq.
> > I'm sure many of the big guns have the same issue.
> > Bill K4XS (KH7B, KH7XS)
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