[RTTY] Tuning Up or Down?

[Paul Bigwood]

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From: Hill, Don [mailto:dhill@cprk.com]

>We've discussed this somewhat on the reflector before.
>But do the majority of stations, when in S&P mode, tune from
>the top of the band to the bottom or from bottom to top?

I tuned Low to High. I don't know why, but it just seems more natural 
for me. I guess it comes from my early 2M AM (note AM not FM) days. We're
talking Heathkit Lunch Boxes here.  single Xtal on 145.8MHz. 
'CQ 2 de G3WYW Tuning low to high!"

I heard Bob's ZL2AMI's call from someone in Europe, waited till I heard him
reply, waited till I realised that it was not his frequency, moved up the
band a bit ( I'd been moving up anyway.), Hit F1 and 3rd or 4th call he came
back. GOT HIM!!! 

I'm kicking my self about the QTC's now! Should have tried them earlier.
anyway next one look out for me QTC QRV? de G3WYW tagged onto the end of the
exchange!

Jim AD1C : Does REO/92773 mean anything to you? 

73s de Paul G3WYW 

Paul Bigwood,
Project Sales Manager
Vertex Standard / Yaesu UK Ltd.

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ent: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 3:23 PM
To: RTTY
Subject: [RTTY] Tuning Up or Down?


Chen wrote:
>I found 1 kc up was clear, waited for the QTC to finish, and
>started calling HK0GU there.  Guess who answered!  If my
>center of gravity weren't so low, I would have fallen off my chair!

I did the same thing to VP9GE except I went down in
frequency on 20M. I had already worked him on 10 & 15,
it was late in the contest and needed multipliers.
Since he was working a station at 14099 I decided to
go down in frequency rather than up.

The technique of seeing a station in S&P mode and trying
to work him is not new, but for me, it raises questions
I've not been able to find a solid answers for.
I tune from top to bottom almost always.

So when I come across a station I want to work who is in
S&P mode, depending on where in the band they are, I normally
tune down .5 to 1 khz.  It seems to work about half the
time, so maybe about half of us tune up and half of us tune
down?  If the occurrence takes place very low in the sub-band,
I'm inclined to move up before calling.

I call this "fishing" for an S&P station.  It's a technique
I'd like to improve on, but I'm not sure if that's possible.
I suppose a 50% success rate is the best we can hope for?

73, Don AA5AU



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