[CQ-Contest] Workiing Split in Contests
jpescatore at aol.com
jpescatore at aol.com
Tue Nov 9 05:31:59 EST 2021
I don't think working split will work well in any major contest.
Almost inevitably, someone will start CQing on the listening frequency (or someone already was listening on that chosen listening frequency.) He will hear the other stations calling, think they are calling him, call them and act as QRM on your listening freq. If he is loud enough, he will get spotted, start working stations that come to the freq and you will start hearing stations calling him, but think they are calling you!
This is what pretty much seems to happen just about any time a DXpedition goes split during a major contest where the bands are crowded. Might work in QSO parties for mobiles - when mobiles hit new counties, the pileups are short but awesome!
VY0ERC did a great job of working the pileup at his speed and most of the NT stations over the years have evolved strategies for just QSYing when the pileup gets out of control.
The worst part of those pileups are the stations calling who couldn't hear the target on a clear frequency. Is there a way a station could enter a "Block All Spots of Me" to the skimmer network?
73 John K3TN
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