[RTTY] Being the fox - pileup running

[Phil Sussman]

Actually working split ties up more than two frequencies. There was an
SSB station working split yesterday on 20m. "listening up 5 to 20". Of
course the band was a mess with split callings covering every single
QSO in progress from 5 to 20 up spread out every 1.5 KHz or so.

No monitoring on the TX QRG, none at all.

What a mess !!

73 de Phil - N8PS



Quoting Stanley Zawrotny <k4sbz.stan at gmail.com>:

> When I see stations operating split on digital I see so much  
> confusion from the hams that don't know how to operate split  
> properly that I wonder if it is worth all the QRM that it causes.  
> Plus it ties up two freqs, which isn't bad in normal times, but can  
> be a concern during a contest. Perhaps a slugfest on simplex is  
> better.
>
> Stan, K4SBZ
>
> "Real radio bounces off the sky."
>
>> On Feb 25, 2014, at 10:29 PM, "James C. Hall, MD"  
>> <heartdoc at nwtcc.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi All:
>>
>> I will be W1AW/4 during the 3rd week of March running RTTY. I need  
>> a little advice. I, like many, use N1MM with MMTTY and 2Tone for  
>> demodulation during contests. Being the 'DX' for this one means  
>> potentially split operation, something I do routinely to put DX in  
>> the log when I'm chasing - but not being the DX.
>>
>> On our DX club reflector, it was suggested that I consider MMVARI  
>> and use its multi-channel RX and browser. This sounded appealing to  
>> me as I could use my mouse and just click the QSO's into the log  
>> (using DXpedition mode). I'm set up for FSK operation. With a  
>> waterfall type operation, I worry about not tight enough filters to  
>> effectively copy the signal. It looks good and I'm reading more on  
>> it such as using the Align button to get the target signal properly  
>> tuned. I'll use either my Mark V or my K3. I do have a P3  
>> panadapter, so that's another option to line up and click signals.
>>
>> I plan on starting simplex and using stacking. If it gets too  
>> thick, I'll run split. Stacking looked like a good idea for DX'ing  
>> until you realize that there's a lot of jumping around on the  
>> frequencies in the split window - probably not practical. My macro  
>> responses will be designed for speed - probably as short as Ed  
>> W0YK's !
>>
>> So, what do DXpeditioners et al do ?
>>
>> 73, Jamie
>> WB4YDL
>>
>> Sent from my iPad
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