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From: Bill NY9H
To: Brett Howard ; elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Friday, 22 February, 2008 19:27
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Split DX
Brett,
talking about operating split.
let me
Brett,
The purpose of operating split is to keep the the calling stations
off the DX stations frequency. Given the fact that not all stations
are going to call for the same length of time often the DX station
will answer a station before the rest of the pack is finished calling
making it very
Brett,
Stations work split so that their signal will not be obscured by those
stations calling them. The station calling cq is transmitting on one
frequency and listeing on another. With some transcievers it is
possible to listen on both frequencies simultaneously. However, many
will only
Brett,
talking about operating split.
let me recommend a great little book... by an ex neighbor, a fellow
Elecraft owner,
and THE guy who wrote the book on DXing.
The Complete DXer by Bob Locher...w9kni
http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/3363
These are the posted CW offsets (in kHz) that VP6DX is using:
CW
160m 1827.3 +7
80m 3502.5 +25
40m 7002.5 +25
30m 10106.5 +7
20m 14002.5 +25
17m 18072.5 +7
15m 21002.5 +25
12m 24892.5 +7
10m 28002.5 +25
6m 50105 +7 501
They change once in a while depending on conditions but they
Brett:
There are several sensible reasons why a DX station works spilt. When
he makes a call he is likely to receive several (often many)
simultaneous replies, commonly called a pileup.
By asking callers to call UP (you almost never hear DOWN), the
callers are spread out over a range of
We carry 'The Complete DX'er' at Elecraft :-)
See our books order page:
http://www.elecraft.com/books/books.htm
73, Eric WA6HHQ
Bill NY9H wrote:
let me recommend a great little book... by an ex neighbor, a fellow
Elecraft owner,
and THE guy who wrote the book on DXing.
The Complete
Hi Brett:
I've heard frequencies where it seems like nothing is going on and then all
of the sudden 10 stations light up. I'm assuming that this is a split DX
and I'm only hearing half of it.
That's almost certainly what you're hearing... the end that the DX
station is listening to... called
propagation and pick your best chances.
Rich
NU6T
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Tom Hammond
Sent: Friday, February 22, 2008 2:14 PM
To: Brett Howard; elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Split DX
Hi Brett:
I've heard frequencies
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Tom Hammond
Sent: Friday, February 22, 2008 2:14 PM
To: Brett Howard; elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Split DX
Hi Brett:
I've heard frequencies where it seems like nothing is going on and
then all
of the sudden 10 stations light up
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