[RTTY] YV0D comments

[Fred Souto Maior]

Thanks Dick and also Bill w7tvf. After your comments we don't need
to say anything more Now everybody knows the secret key... listen,
listen, listen, listen, search, search, search, read,  read, read, read,
observe, observe, observe, think, think, think........

Fred - PY7ZZ

-----Mensagem Original-----
De: "Dick White" <whiter26 at sbcglobal.net>
Para: "Contesting RTTY" <RTTY at contesting.com>
Enviada em: Quarta-feira, 4 de Agosto de 2004 18:35
Assunto: [RTTY] YV0D comments


> It seems that after every DXpedition, there are a lot of pro/con comments.
I
> usually don't get into saying anything, but I feel the need to do so on
this
> one. In my early years of chasing DX, we were grateful for the opportunity
> to have a shot at working a "new one."  The chase was more exciting than
> making the contact. Now we seem to have lost something and Dxpeditions are
> classified in two ways = 1: If you worked them, it was a great operation
and
> the operators were excellent.  2: If you didn't work them, it was a lousy
> operation and the ops were no good.
>
> Yes, I worked YV0D on 20 meter CW and 20 meter RTTY.  I was unable to work
> them on 30 meters. You did not need a cluster to find this operation. If
> anyone subscribes to a DX bulletin, they should have had adequate
> information. I use "TheDaily DX", which comes to me via e-mail five times
a
> week, and was given plenty of information. I consider it the best one out
> there. But, any time you hear what is obviously a rare call, you can
expect
> it to be a Dxpedition crew operating. YV0 is not like working an OK or PY
or
> W call.  Almost without being told, you should know that it is a
DXpedition
> and they will probably be working  UP, and, you should go up the band to
be
> sure. When trying to bust pileups like the YV0 had, you have to listen a
lot
> and try to figure out how the DX op is working the calls.  His job is not
> easy. If you listened to the pile ups on 30 meters it sounded like a dozen
> F-15 jets roaring overhead. I don't see how the ops can make out any call.
>
> I spent 2 1/2 hours trying to work YV0D on 30 meters CW and did not make
> contact. I was really pumped up and excited to have the chance to compete
> and use my skills and station. I would like to have worked them. But, the
> chase was almost as much fun as if I had made the contact. It never
entered
> my mind to give up and not try to work them.  I did work them on 20 meters
> CW after trying for 1 hr 38 minutes. It took me a while to figure out how
> the DX op was listening and his timing . It took me 1 hr 50 minutes to
work
> them on 20 meter RTTY. Again, it was a matter of listening to what was
going
> on and figuring out how the op was working calls. It was a new one on
RTTY.
> It seemed to me that the rtty Op. ID'd after each contact and also said
> "UP."  My RTTY contact went this way    KS0M 599 DE YV0D
>           KS0M TU DE YV0D  SK       QRZ YV0D  UP UP
> The RTTY contact was a new one for me on RTTY. I confirmed  YV0 for 15M CW
> in 1984.
>
> Enjoy the chase people............73   Dick  - KS0M
>
>
> Richard C. "Dick" White        whiter26 at sbcglobal.net
> Fulton,  MO. 65251
>
> Amateur Radio Station - KS0M   (ex WB0WLX / KC0MY )
> ARRL  Honor Roll / CW  -  5BDXCC / CW  #3295
> Life Member American Radio Relay League
>
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