[Elecraft] WA3WSJ: DX Pileups

2006-02-07 Thread Edward R. Breneiser
Hello all, I guess I'll give my two cents worth concerning DX and pileups. I've operated as WA3WSJ/KP4, WA3WSJ/C6A, V26ED and VP5ED. I used the WA3WSJ/C6A call around twelve times. Almost all of these Dxpeditions were for CW contests such as CQWWCW. When I operated as VP5ED, I had over 1200 QS in

Re: [Elecraft] WA3WSJ: DX Pileups

2006-02-07 Thread Joe-aa4nn
Unless you listen pretty far down, someone's broadbanded signal is going to cover up your transmit frequency. de Joe, aa4nn 2. I moved my RIT control around some. I liked to listen below my sending frequency as most listen

Re: [Elecraft] WA3WSJ: DX Pileups

2006-02-07 Thread Tony Martin W4FOA
[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'N3EPA' [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 9:57 AM Subject: [Elecraft] WA3WSJ: DX Pileups Hello all, I guess I'll give my two cents worth concerning DX and pileups. I've operated as WA3WSJ/KP4

RE: [Elecraft] WA3WSJ: DX Pileups

2006-02-07 Thread Darwin, Keith
I was listening to an SSB DX pileup. The DX station said The W station. He paused and then said Oh, wait that was stupid. QRZ. Hey, nobody is 100% pro, 100% of the time! I worked a DX station last night on 30 meters using my Omni V. Small pileup. He answered on my 3rd try. That was too

Re: [Elecraft] WA3WSJ: DX Pileups

2006-02-07 Thread Tom Althoff
PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 10:50 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] WA3WSJ: DX Pileups Ed, Good thoughts and well stated. One critically important thought I believe you might have overlooked. That is simply

RE: [Elecraft] WA3WSJ: DX Pileups

2006-02-07 Thread Mike Rioux
] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] WA3WSJ: DX Pileups Back in the 70's there was listening to a pileeup run by a famous VK (or it MIGHT have been a famous ZL) who was standing by for East coast US stations on 20M SSB from a little island in the Pacific. A W6 kept calling and calling. The VK asked