[RTTY] Change in pileup procedure?

[Phil Sussman]

Are there any 'hints' for working DX from a mobile (I have a camper with
RTTY capability) or QRP ? It seems to be that unless the DX station asks
for mobiles or QRPs, there's no way to 'break' a big pile-up.

The only saving grace that I have seen is a courteous big gun station
tells the DX, "there's a mobile (QRP) station calling you". The DX then
usually asks for such a station. That's happened for me once or twice,
but usually my 'DX mobile habit' goes unfed.

Any thoughts?

Thanks ES 73

de Phil - N8PS

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Quoting Jay WS7I <ws7ik7tj at gmail.com>:

> Sort of reminds me of a guy in Iceland as I recall from days gone  
> past.  He would CQ and then listen for about 5-10 minutes on his  
> frequency and then work 20 stations or so without pause.  Worked fine.
>
> Guess Eddie's method seems better than what you're thinking about Bill.
>
> http://www.ewarg.org/g0azt.htm
>
> Best advice on these mega-expeditions is just to wait for a while.   
> They get much easier as time goes on.
>
> Jay
>
> On 2/4/2014 7:18 AM, Bill Turner wrote:
>> ORIGINAL MESSAGE:          (may be snipped)
>>
>> On 2/4/2014 3:53 AM, Tom Haavisto wrote:
>>> Have you really thought this through, and does your gear even  
>>> support this style of operation?
>>
>> REPLY:
>>
>> I've thought it through as much as I can without actually doing it.
>>
>> Even simple gear would support this as long as long as the rig has two VFOs.
>>
>> Here's how I would do it:
>>
>> 1. Initially set both VFOs to his CQ frequency.
>> 2. When he finishes his CQ, go to VFO B and move up to a clear frequency.
>> 3. Continue to call his until he answers me or I get tired, always  
>> monitoring my own freq to be sure it's clear.
>> 4. If another station is calling him on my freq, QSY unless the  
>> other station is weaker than the DX would be if he called me.
>>
>> Dual receive would be nice but not absolutely necessary.
>>
>> The DX station should CQ every few minutes. The format could be CQ  
>> CQ CQ QYF <CALL> UP or possibly some variation.
>>
>> Keep in mind the three major advantages:
>>
>> 1. No jammers on the DX CQ frequency. If they do jam a calling  
>> station, it's only one station instead of jamming for everybody.
>> 2. Anyone who forgets to go split won't bother anyone. In fact just  
>> the opposite: That's one more clear freq UP.
>> 3. No need for the Kilocycle Kops with their UP UP UP and various  
>> obscenities and other stations telling the Kops to QRT, etc, etc.
>>
>> The only way to know this would work is for a DXpedition to try it.  
>> Let's hope one does, and of course they must announce QYF operation  
>> well beforehand, explaining what's involved.
>>
>> 73, Bill W6WRT
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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