[RTTY] Change in pileup procedure?

[Phil Sussman]

In addition, another thought. This scheme does not reduce the
number of transmitters. As it is currently, when running split,
QSO's in progress (UP) get clobbered by a lack of monitoring.
In this proposed scheme, the DX frequency is vacated with no
way of knowing how much time has 'expired' before the DX
returns.

When the DX station starts chatting (as they've been known to
do) with a friend or QSL manager, etc., or goes QRT, there will
be plenty of stations UP and UP still waiting and calling.

Susan asks about those who can't figure out the split button.
Another, more common question: What if the folks don't have
dual receive? Or more to the point, if they're not monitoring
now, what makes anyone think they will start monitoring?

Just a thought,

73 de Phil - N8PS

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Quoting Susan King <susan.k5du at gmail.com>:

> And the folks who can't find the split button are going to figure out this
> scheme?
>
> Susan K5DU
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 3:18 PM, Bill Turner <dezrat1242 at wildblue.net> 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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