[SECC] [SEDXC] DX Publications

[Tommy]

Basics for 'hardcore' DX'ing:

Rule #1:        Listen - Listen - Listen....it is OK to wear out your 
VFO knob by turning it very slowly.

Rule #2 thru #99:       see Rule #1

DX Pile Up's

Rule #1:        See Rule #1 above

Rule #2:        NEVER - NEVER - NEVER call the DX on his transmit 
frequency. Listen to the pile up and determine where the DX is 
working. Often when he says "UP 2", you will find him working 
stations up 4 or 6 or 8, etc. If he tends to be moving up the band, 
put your VFO up 300 to 500 hz higher than the station he just worked. 
Don't have a radio that will work split?  GET ONE!

Rule #3:        NEVER -  NEVER - NEVER play frequency COP!! Playing 
frequency COP, sending UP-UP-UP on the DX frequency creates more QRM 
than the person calling on the DX frequency. Most LIDS think they are 
being helpful...they are NOT being helpful!!!  Playing frequency COP 
has the tendency to find one's coax shredded into very short pieces, 
or find a pin or nail mysteriously stuck in your coax in several places.

Rule #4:        NEVER spot rare DX on a DX cluster until AFTER you 
have worked him!

Rule #5:        Get the best antenna you can possibly afford, be it a 
yagi, a quad, or wire antennas.

Rule #6:        Get POWER. You may note that there are very few QRP 
operators on the DXCC Honor Roll...there is a reason for that!

Rule #7:        Make it fun for yourself. It will not take too long 
before the 'hardcore' is in your blood.

Magazines are too late. By the time any info is published in a 
magazine, QSL's have already been sent out! Get on a DX cluster but 
remember when you see a DX spot, about 20,000 other hams see it also. 
The 'trick' is to get there first. You do that by applying Rule #1.

Tom - W4BQF



At Thursday 07:25 PM 8/17/2006, you wrote:
>Friends...
>
>For a hardcore DX wannabe, are any of the DX specific publications
>(e.g. DX Magazine, Daily/Weekly DX, etc.) worth subscribing to?  I'm
>curious to know what the hardcore DX'ers are following on a regular
>basis.
>
>--
>  JT Croteau - W6FO - Canton, GA
>  ARS #2,147 | NoGA-QRP | SEDXC | ARRL
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