[SEDXC] Fwd: Re: [SECC] 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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