Gary, You are going to reveal the "secret" that I learned (after 50 years) during the contest!
I kept gripping to myself about how many people were calling the DX as much as 500 Hz or so off freq. I was dutifully using the auto-spot function on my K3 and patting myself on the back for coming back dead on the DX freq. Finally a light went off and instead of complaining about the off freq calls I started using the auto-spot to zero in on the calling station instead of the DX. Bingo, my rate probably doubled! Seemed like every time I zero-beated the calling station I got a response. Noodling over this caused me to realize that if the DX us using a K3 or similar excellent receiver with a very narrow filter and he has tuned away to pick someone up then he will hear a call on the other stations freq and not on his own. Eureka! many successful S&P Q's. My procedure became to auto spot the last calling station and then if I could still hear the DX (although off freq) leave it alone and call him. If not, then I would stay on the calling freq and use the RIT to hear the DX. All of a sudden I started picking up answers on the first call consistently. At any rate the Auto-spot worked beautifully; just not by spotting the DX but by spotting the caller. Rick K6LE On 2/24/2010, at 1:04 , Gary Smith wrote: > I've got the K3 and even the precision txco. When I am in most normal > qsos 1:1 I have no issues bring the digital filter to 50Hz and having > a delightful QSO. I do not believe my tx/rx frequency is off. > > However during the contest I would narrow the DX to within 200Hz and > call them and so often I was never heard. I started experimenting > around and found the stations they (They meaning a very high % of DX > stations being called) were going back to stations transmitting lower > in frequency than I was. > > I played a game and used my narrow filter to 200Hz, found them where > they were coming in the most clear and then used the XIT to transmit > down by -30 and I started snagging them left and right. I left it > this way in the pigpile and then did very well. > > If I have normal QSOs say with another elecraft I am dead on, But > till I did this in the the contest, my Q's were suffering. > > Any ideas this might bring up? > > P.S. did well anyway, 794 Qs 830,2171 points It was my first time > logging with N1MM, a most interesting program. I was learning it on > the fly during the contest. Definitely was a fun time. > > 73, > Gary > KA1J > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
