[WVDXA] BS7H QRT TIME

[Rip Smith K3XO]

What a great DX primer.

If everyone operated like that, a lot more people would get through and 
there would be a lot less frustration with this kind of thing. Of course 
I am sure all of us in WVDXA are on board.

Unfortunately, it's all moot for me and he BS7H. I haven't heard he BS7 
at all here. The best copy I have had was on 17-meters when all I could 
hear were people calling each other names on the DX frequency.

73 Rip K3XO


N8NN wrote:
> Pete -- When propagation allows, I always search for the stations the 
> DX is working.  I don't bother transmitting until I can find the 
> station he is working.  When I find it, I use that freq to call the 
> DX.  I'll stay there for a couple of calls until I am sure the DX 
> station has moved on, and then I stop transmitting and start hunting.
>  
> Sometimes I can "guess" where the DX is going to listen next based on 
> his "pattern, but that seldom works for me (and it never works for 
> OH2BA..!!).  I continuously monitor the DX cluster for hints on where 
> the DX is listening, and try those frequencies.  Sometimes I have no 
> choice but to call blindly, but that never works for me!
>  
> If the DX is weak and not working stations in my area, I don't waste 
> my energy calling him.  I don't have a "big gun" station.
>  
> I always use full QSK on CW.  QSK allows me to stop wasteful 
> transmitting when the DX is transmitting, and it allows me to get into 
> the rhythm of the DX station.  I never transmit after the DX station 
> sends "5NN" since he already has a contact and it's not me.  That's 
> prime time for searching for his contact station who is probably 
> sending "5NN" also.  I wait for the DX stations to send "R" or "TU" or 
> "UP" or whatever he's using to signal he is listening for another 
> contact. 
>  
> I always send CW at the same speed as the DX station.  I figure he has 
> chosen a speed that makes operating comfortable for him.  I use 
> a memory keyer to send my call.  That saves on the fingers.
>  
> I always use dual receive with a stereo headset -- DX station in one 
> ear and the search receiver in the other ear.  I use a narrow filter 
> on the DX station appropriate to band conditions.  I use a wide filter 
> on the search receiver, usually 2.4 KHz, so I can more easily find the 
> stations working the DX.
>  
> I don't tail-end, send partial calls, or try to bust a QSO.  The key 
> is getting into the rhythm of the DX station and being on the correct 
> frequency for him to hear me.
>  
> 73, Bert N8NN