Topband: ARRL 160

[Wes Stewart]

Jose,

First thank you for the QSO.  You are one of the few Europeans I have worked on 
160 with my very modest station in southern Arizona and are a new one for me.

I think the that the key here is "a few Hz" offset.  Of course 100 Hz is more 
than a few and would be too much for a receiving station with a 50 Hz filter in 
use.  I will just turn on XIT and dial in +/- 20 - 30 Hz.

As a practical matter in my case, I will in all likelihood not be heard in any 
pileup of central or east coast USA stations anyway.

Wes  N7WS

On 12/7/2017 10:53 AM, Jose Ramon wrote:
> That's not going to work often during a contest. It depends on how crowded
> is the band you stretch or narrow your passband. When a narrow filter is
> set if you call 100 Hz away we won't hear you.
> During a dxp the scenario is quite different, you're the alone, I normally
> set, whenever is possible, the widest passband so I can hear anyone on the
> split within 2,5 KHz, the brain does the rest.
>
> Thanks for the last weekend ARRL contest QSOs.
>
> 73
> Jose, EA7KW
>
> 2017-12-07 18:33 GMT+01:00 Wes Stewart <wes_n7ws at triconet.org>:
>
>> Shh.  You're giving away my secrets.
>>
>> Wes  N7WS
>>
>> On 12/7/2017 10:07 AM, marsh at ka5m.net wrote:
>>
>>> I respectfully disagree with Don Kirk. My experience has been different. I
>>> don't how many pileups I've broken quickly - where the station I'm trying
>>> to
>>> work is operating simplex - by going split and transmitting a few Hz above
>>> or below "zero beat". The operator at the other end is trying to copy a
>>> callsign, and if everybody is "zero beat" it makes it very difficult to
>>> copy
>>> anybody. Anything you can do to make your signal "stand out" or
>>> differentiate it from the crowd makes it easier for the station you're
>>> trying to work. (Also speeding up or slowing down a few WPM sometimes
>>> helps.)
>>>
>>> Someone taught me this a long time ago, and it works. He's worked a lot of
>>> good DX in the last sixty (60) years or so.
>>>
>>> 73,
>>> Marsh, KA5M
>>>
>>>
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