If the DX announces he's listening in a range of frequencies, I think in
many instances those who can't find the frequency the DX is listening on
"right now" simply announce their callsign over and over, listening briefly
in between to see if the DX has heard it. After all, the DX is supposedly
tuning around in the announced range, so if one cannot "tail-end" by finding
the station being worked, maybe one can "get lucky". The result is what we
all hear... bedlam. It's still a pile-up; it's just spread out more.
I'm not sufficiently expert to presume to know how to fix this, but it seems
to me that announcing a specific frequency is often better than a range.
Sure everyone will call together, but often DXers will figure out that if
they move off center a bit they stand a better chance of being heard by the
DX. The DX can then work the edges of the pileup, the upper edge then the
lower edge, switching at intervals as the pileup realizes where he's
listening and flows in that direction.
It's really the same thing on a much narrower scale, but it seems to me
announcing a single listening frequency often works better than announcing a
5 or 10 KHz range.
73, Jerry K3BZ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Reisert AD1C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, July 30, 2006 11:21 AM
Subject: [DX-CHAT] How do we make better DXers?
It was frustrating and sad to listen to the KH8SI and 4O3T pileups
this weekend (mostly SSB).
When the DX station says, "The station with 7 in the call, ending in
Germany" why do unrelated calls from all over the country continue to
call? When the DX station comes back to a full callsign, why does the
pileup size diminish only by half, rather than "all but one"? It
makes it impossible for a better DXer to find the station being worked
because so many others are still calling.
The rate of these DX stations is being hindered by out-of-turn
callers. When the rate is hindered, fewer people can work the DX
station. Especially limited-time operations like KH8SI.
It made me sad to be a DXer this weekend. My QSO with KH8SI on 17
meters took THREE go-arounds because they could not get my call
(presumably because of all the people still calling). That's TWO MORE
possible QSOs that were wasted by the out-of-turn callers.
OUT-OF-TURN CALLERS ARE SETTING A BAD EXAMPLE, RUINING IT FOR
THEMSELVES AND EVERYONE ELSE!
73 - Jim AD1C
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