Topband: DXpedition Advice for Anyone

[Michael Tope]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Rauch" <w8ji at contesting.com>

>> 4.  ALWAYS split at least 2 kHz.
> 
> The above is VERY important. There are very few CW signals 
> that are clean 1kHz away, plus people will make errors. 2kHz 
> is the very minimum split that assures people will hear you 
> when you are weak.
> 

There is a station in Arizona who is very wide. When I 
told him about it, he got his friend (another prominent 
call on 160) to vouch for him that his signal was "clean". 
It is laughable, because I can always tell when he is calling 
in the pileup split just by listening to the DX station's QRG. 

> I'd like to add on 160 because of slow QSB it is helpful to 
> repeat the callsign of the station you are working at the 
> end. That way of QSB takes out the early part or makes a 
> person unsure he will have a good chance of hearing it 
> confirmed later. Takes less time to do that then to work the 
> same people three times.

T30XX was doing a good job of this repeating the stations
call several times and the report several times. Helps give 
us receive challenged folks a warm fuzzy that you've actually 
made a qso rather than being left guessing and wondering if 
you should work them again later. 

73, Mike W4EF.................................