[Mldxcc] [NCCC] K1N

[Chris Tate - N6WM]

Guys.. the pan adapters help.. but not completely.   In fact on a couple of occasions I brought up my flex 6500 pan adapter at home, while listening to the split with my K3 at LRG.  I took some videos that will be fun to look at during the solar minimum. The tooth?  was almost always like 20 teeth..  some constantly closed and repeatedly sending 5NN with all the out of sync and or just not listening callers with some DQRM for good measure.  I did note that often times when this happened..  I would disengage.. then return and many times the next group was better behaved.  

Pan adapters.. + luck.. and maybe a bit of experience combined with patience seemed the best medicine.
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From: NCCC [nccc-bounces at contesting.com] on behalf of Alan Maenchen [ad6e at arrl.net]
Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2015 12:27 PM
To: gdaught6 at stanford.edu; NCCC; MLDXCC
Subject: Re: [NCCC] [Mldxcc] K1N

George,

First set your span to something useful. I was using 20kHz with K1N off near the left side.

Finding a hole in between the teeth is a good use of the P3. However, it works even better if you can spot the guy being worked.  This means listening to the target (K1N) and wait for them to call a station. The huge pile will reduce (not completely go away), and one "tooth" will pop up. Put the 2nd RX (and your SPLIT transmitter) on that guy and see if he's answering. I usually can't find that in one or even two attempts. It takes time, and the station needs to be relatively strong. Doesn't work when he is calling EU and I can't hear any EU... which is most of the time.

Granted, poor operating (ie calling when the target is working someone) causes clutter, but you should be able to see someone pop up at the correct time.

Hope that helps.
73, Alan  AD6E




On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 9:39 AM, <gdaught6 at stanford.edu<mailto:gdaught6 at stanford.edu>> wrote:
Some time ago, AD6E/KH6TU wrote...

< snip >

> I gotta say that without the pan adapter (ie spectrum analyzer), I
> would never have found where to transmit.

Lots of people report this, but it rarely works for me.  Example:

K1N : (In the clear!) K1N UP

K6GT watches a massive wad of signals covering about 5kHz on the P3.  Usually it's
a solid block, but sometimes a comb.  Even using a second receiver, it's very difficult
to find 'where to transmit.'  I usually watch for the comb, and then try to wedge my
signal in between the teeth.

Oh, I got 'em on 40 CW, but it was more like luck than having 'found where to
transmit' by using the P3 and/or second receiver.

Like they say, it's better to be lucky than good.

73,

George T Daughters, K6GT
CU in the California QSO Party (CQP)
October 3-4, 2015


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