Great advice from two guys who have been around one or two  “up 5 to 10”  pile ups before 😊

Bill Priakos - W5SJ

10 Free Ferry Heights

Fort Smith, AR 72903

479.461.8368

From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of k5ur--- via ADXA
Sent: Sunday, September 14, 2025 10:12 PM
To: [email protected]; Jon W. Reynolds <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [ADXA] PJ7K - 3540.0

Is 1 to 2 up fairly common? I was meagerly trying to get them on 20m this afternoon and I got the impression they were 7 up (which I thought was uncommon)..

Jon, up 1-2 is common, but when a pileup gets really big, the operator will spread out and listen higher. 

Today on 17 meters, for example, the PJ7 had a huge pileup and was listening up 1 to 10 kc. He tended to pick calls up 5-7 kc up and at times would move up to work the edge up 10 kc to spread things out, and then work back down a bit. Like EJ said, you will get proficient at listening for the pattern following the last one worked.

Stay with it!

73,

Rick – K5UR

On Sunday, September 14, 2025 at 08:12:42 PM CDT, Jon W. Reynolds via ADXA <[email protected]> wrote:

Is 1 to 2 up fairly common? I was meagerly trying to get them on 20m this afternoon and I got the impression they were 7 up (which I thought was uncommon)...

I got another question for dx chaser, when they are working receiving up whatever the range, how can they hear more than 1 at a time?

I was able to get T30TTT, the other night split, and their signal was weak enough the radio was only decoding about 30% so I had to do my own homework between the ears in real-time. Forward progress!

Just the new guy here!

KI5UCZ 

-------- Original Message --------
On Sunday, 09/14/25 at 18:53 k5ur--- via ADXA <[email protected]> wrote:

For those who might need it on 80:

PJ7K - 3540.0, up 1-2. Good sig.

73,

K5UR

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