split operation et all

[bob finger]

Congrats to Don KD8NNU, for he admits to absorbing the help offered here
and he goes so far as to admit he has been reading the K3 manual.  With
an attitude like this Don may be on the dxcc honor roll before too
long.   73 bob de w9ge

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[g3ymc]

I have not actually been following this thread but I should add that
working split in pileups is an acquired skill. Just managed to grab a
QSO with ST0R on 17m CW this morning (5W to my bit of string...). In
this case the pileup was spreading 10kHz up the band and sounded
fierce. But he was actually listening and working everybody just 1kHz
up. Once I had realised that and ignored the hoardes calling elsewhere
it was very quick and easy, less than 5 minutes in all.

On the K2 I sit with one finger hovering over the A/B button listening
to both the DX and the pileup. I can easily follow who he is working
and where, and how he is tuning across the pile. Easy peasy, but takes
time to get familiar with.

73 Dave G3YMC

On 2 Aug 2011 at 9:51, bob finger wrote:

> Congrats to Don KD8NNU, for he admits to absorbing the help offered here
> and he goes so far as to admit he has been reading the K3 manual.  With
> an attitude like this Don may be on the dxcc honor roll before too long.
>   73 bob de w9ge
>


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[Tony Estep]

On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 8:59 AM, Dave Sergeant <[hidden email]> wrote:

> ....Once I had realised that...

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Good story, Dave, and your point is so true. And congrats on working him
with 5W. Unfortunately, it seems that some folks have a reflex that shuts
off their realizers as soon as they hear DX.

Tony KT0NY

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[GW0ETF]

For a step by step guide to this all you need is to read 'The Complete DXer' by W9KNI..

You don't even have to buy it; just read the sample first chapter at www.idiompress.com/books-complete-dxer.html. In English cricketing analogy trying to work a split dx station without being able to hear the station in the pile-up is like trying to hit the stumps from 25 yards blindfolded.

73,

Stewart GW0ETF

(..and it's even easier when you use a K3 with 2nd receiver...)

g3ymc wrote

I have not actually been following this thread but I should add that
working split in pileups is an acquired skill. Just managed to grab a
QSO with ST0R on 17m CW this morning (5W to my bit of string...). In
this case the pileup was spreading 10kHz up the band and sounded
fierce. But he was actually listening and working everybody just 1kHz
up. Once I had realised that and ignored the hoardes calling elsewhere
it was very quick and easy, less than 5 minutes in all.

On the K2 I sit with one finger hovering over the A/B button listening
to both the DX and the pileup. I can easily follow who he is working
and where, and how he is tuning across the pile. Easy peasy, but takes
time to get familiar with.

73 Dave G3YMC

[Bill W4ZV]

GW0ETF wrote

In English cricketing analogy trying to work a split dx station without being able to hear the station in the pile-up is like trying to hit the stumps from 25 yards blindfolded.

Until CW Skimmer came along...  Now I use Skimmer's "599" mode to identify the last station worked, click that decoder dot to send my TX there without needing to hear the pileup.  Last night there was a huge pileup for ST0R and I worked him for #332 on Topband using this method.  I even turned off the split RX audio so it didn't distract me from copying the weak signal.

Of course I can also copy with my ears but Skimmer makes it so easy I'm beginning to use it exclusively for humongous pileups.

73,  Bill