I dont count myself as a top notch DXer, but I have been on a few
expeditions including the last major trip to Banaba T33C in 2004.
I have never resorted to calling by numbers as I feel that this is the
least fair way of doing things.When doing the numbers, WHY do we
always start at ONE?
Forwarded from Wayne's post in dx-news
Great words of wisdom Wayne that I wish more Dx Pedition operators would
follow. By the numbers is great if your in 1 land - not so great for the
guy in 0 (zero) land. Many times by the time the DX
Agreed...by the numbers is great, if you take 5 min of 1's , 5, of 2's , etc.
That rarely happens, and indeed it sucks if you're not in 1 or 2 land.
That however is what makes the hunt so interesting...and frustrating sometimes!
John K5MO
At 04:00 PM 7/26/2011, Gary Wilburn wrote:
At 14:20 7/26/2011, john wrote:
Agreed...by the numbers is great, if you take 5 min of 1's , 5, of 2's , etc.
That rarely happens, and indeed it sucks if you're not in 1 or 2 land.
To make numbers work, use a random starting number, 0-9
That however is what makes the hunt so
What is the best way to do by the numbers? x minutes for each number
or until no response? x QSOs for each number or until no response? Or?
Dick
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Dick Flanagan K7VC
d...@k7vc.com
On 7/26/2011 3:03 PM, Dave Gomberg wrote:
At 14:20 7/26/2011, john wrote:
Agreed...by the numbers is
