The most amazing thing to me about the 15M CW pileup is there were dozens of stations calling when K1N was transmitting. Either they are not hearing him (but then why call?) or they just keep hitting the function key and hope to win the lottery!. This is over and above the usual group that calls again even when he comes back to someone who doesn't have a single common letter in their call.
73 John N5CQ -----Original Message----- From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Fred Jensen Sent: Sunday, February 8, 2015 6:45 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Too many tuning knobs I don't have the KRX3 either, I'm not really sure what I'd do with it. I watch the pile on the P3. Ordinarily, on something not as popular as Navassa, when the DX answers, the pile dies quickly, and then one [OK, maybe two] signals pop up. I park VFO B next to him and call next. Sometimes it's like fishing with dynamite. It does help to know if the DX op is right or left-handed to choose which side of the station to park on. :-) K1N is quite a bit different. When they acknowledge a station, a lot more than one or two signals pop up and it takes me awhile to identify who the real QSO is. I've found that the one that goes away exactly when K1N sends "TU" seems to be the best indicator. I've never had much luck actually listening on my TX QRG, but I'm going to try it, I didn't know that REV switched the knobs. The other day, it appeared that the entire pile ... every station ... was a W4 because when he sent "W4", the whole pile came back. DX'ing is frantic, but not as frantic as the NA Sprint. 73, Fred K6DGW - Northern California Contest Club - CU in the 50th Running of the Cal QSO Party 3-4 Oct 2015 - www.cqp.org On 2/8/2015 4:19 PM, Bill Frantz wrote: > Like Don, N5LZ, I've been playing in the K1N 15M pileup. However, I > don't have a KRX3, so I'm using the REV button to listen to the pileup. > My user interface problem comes from having the tuning knob for VFO B > switch from the medium size knob to the big knob when I press REV. > > I have the little knob -- RIT/XIT -- set for fast tuning, so I have 3 > tuning knobs, not counting the QSY knob/button on the P3. ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to jlangd...@austin.rr.com ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
