[RTTY] Being the fox - pileup running

[James C. Hall, MD]

John:

This is great information and will go a long way to helping me learn the
ropes on the DX side of things. BTW, I received my QSL card on your
operation with a couple RTTY Q's confirmed. :)

Thanks for your post !

73, Jamie
WB4YDL

-----Original Message-----
From: John GW4SKA [mailto:ska at bartg.org.uk] 
Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2014 2:58 AM
To: James C. Hall, MD
Subject: Re: [RTTY] Being the fox - pileup running

Hi Jamie,

I recently ran RTTY from Swaziland on the 3DA0ET dxpedition with some very
big pileups. Did the same as you in thinking about setup and learned a lot
on the trip. These are my views:

MMVARI was tried with the multi-channel RX. In a big pile you just get
multi-garbage due to the filter limitations.

Stacking has little use. One reason as Ed pointed out is that it slows the
rate. The main reason is that the pile will build VERY quickly, thanks to
spotting. You start calling and work a few simplex, then suddenly BOOM, a
mass of confusion on the frequency. At that point I would go on the keys and
tell everyone, several times, that we were switching to split up 1-3, up1-5
or whatever. After that you never take a station calling on your frequency.

Often you will work a station split and after get called on the same freq by
a bunch of hopefuls. Most times, unless one of them really stands out and
prints clearly, it's quicker to ignore the lot and move slightly.

I would set up with MMTTY and 2Tone on standard profiles. The big difference
between contest and DX is that you won't be too bothered about pulling out
the weakest signal for an extra mult. You need rate to thin the pile, then
the weaker ones will get their chance.

Keep it simple. You don't need to be jumping around messing with all sorts
of gear and windows. The most important thing is your ability to tune
accurately and quickly. After you send 'QSL W1AW/4 QRZ' you need to find the
next station, get his call in N1MM and respond ON HIS FIRST CALL.That way
you can work 3 a minute and have a lot of fun!

Cheers,

John GW4SKA





----- Original Message -----
From: "James C. Hall, MD" <heartdoc at nwtcc.com>
To: <rtty at contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2014 3:29 AM
Subject: [RTTY] Being the fox - pileup running


> 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
> _______________________________________________
> RTTY mailing list
> RTTY at contesting.com
> http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/rtty
>
>
> -----
> No virus found in this message.
> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com
> Version: 2014.0.4335 / Virus Database: 3705/7124 - Release Date: 02/25/14
> 


-- 
This message has been scanned for viruses and
dangerous content by MailScanner, and is
believed to be clean.