[RTTY] YV0D comments

[Mike Mellinger WA0SXV]

I heard you work them on RTTY.  Congrats!  I got them (of all things) on 20
SSB so no sour grapes from me.

I know how to find the transmitting station and I know that split was
virtually guaranteed.  Duh!

My comments were focused on the fact that not everyone "gets it" and
therefore those of us who knew what was going on had to work around those
who were obviously clueless.  I *never* heard YV0D RTTY say UP at all -- but
I was only hearing them last night.  But if they had done so, at least some
portion of the uninitiated would have transmitted up and we'd at least only
have to deal with the occasional mistake of not hitting the SPLIT button.
Been there, done that.

As for the deliberate QRM and mayhem on 30m, that is another story -- very
sad.  I could hear them over the "dah" guy but after an hour or so just
couldn't get up the energy to continue.

73,
Mike WA0SXV


-----Original Message-----
From: rtty-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:rtty-bounces at contesting.com] On
Behalf Of Dick White
Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2004 15:35
To: Contesting RTTY
Subject: [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