That's not going to work often during a contest. It depends on how crowded is the band you stretch or narrow your passband. When a narrow filter is set if you call 100 Hz away we won't hear you. During a dxp the scenario is quite different, you're the alone, I normally set, whenever is possible, the widest passband so I can hear anyone on the split within 2,5 KHz, the brain does the rest.
Thanks for the last weekend ARRL contest QSOs. 73 Jose, EA7KW 2017-12-07 18:33 GMT+01:00 Wes Stewart <[email protected]>: > Shh. You're giving away my secrets. > > Wes N7WS > > On 12/7/2017 10:07 AM, [email protected] wrote: > >> I respectfully disagree with Don Kirk. My experience has been different. I >> don't how many pileups I've broken quickly - where the station I'm trying >> to >> work is operating simplex - by going split and transmitting a few Hz above >> or below "zero beat". The operator at the other end is trying to copy a >> callsign, and if everybody is "zero beat" it makes it very difficult to >> copy >> anybody. Anything you can do to make your signal "stand out" or >> differentiate it from the crowd makes it easier for the station you're >> trying to work. (Also speeding up or slowing down a few WPM sometimes >> helps.) >> >> Someone taught me this a long time ago, and it works. He's worked a lot of >> good DX in the last sixty (60) years or so. >> >> 73, >> Marsh, KA5M >> >> > _________________ > Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband > _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
