[SCCC] Elmer Question: How much TX offset in CW Simplex Pileup?

[Bruce Horn]

Hi Tim,

I agree with W6RW - timing trumps offset. As a low power contester with a 2x3 call sign, I'm never going to overpower a pileup. I try to practice the following to break pileups:

1) Listen to the operator to get a sense of their timing
2) Try to transmit when others aren't (or few are), but not when the operator is responding to someone else
3) I don't need to be the first to break a pileup - come back to the pile later
4) All mults are equal - there may be another country/zone I haven't worked up/down the band that is easy to work. However, I'm always amazed that some stations, who are not in rare locations, attract pileups, while another station in the same country is easy to work.

73 de Bruce, WA7BNM   (bhorn at hornucopia.com)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim Goeppinger" <timgep at hotmail.com>
To: "SCCC Reflector" <sccc at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, November 25, 2019 12:51:44 PM
Subject: [SCCC] Elmer Question: How much TX offset in CW Simplex Pileup?

It was a brutal weekend trying to bust pileups.
Is there any conventional wisdom out there how much TX offset to add when calling.  Up 50 Hz?  Down?

Thanks & 73,

Tim N6GP
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