[DX] Does anyone still run barefoot?

Wed, 26 Mar 2003 10:51:35 -0500

Thats all very true.  Except, the DX station is not helping at all by doing
what they seemingly think is the way to be a dx station.  What is the use of
having a 15 kc (or greater) spread , when you simply move up or down the
freqs slowly?  All that does is make people listen to the last stations
freq, and then try to anticipate where he will listen next.  If the DX
station would simply use his knob to tune around a bit, he can catch even
the weak ones in the clear. Jumping around the given listening area, up 3,
up 4, down 2 up 1, down 5 to whomever is calling there, makes much more
sense, and stops the crew from all calling on the same freq, and causing him
difficulty in copying on station at a time.   Moving the whole crowd up and
down the band is as bad as simply saying up 5 and working every station 5 up
from his freq.  Its still a crowd.

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Subject: Re: [DX] Does anyone still run barefoot?

In a message dated 3/26/2003 12:43:24 AM Eastern Standard Time,
[email protected] writes:

> So I am a dying breed, or do others still chase DX
> barefoot with simpler antennas, and actually succeed?

With your own list of other stations worked obviously the 100 watts can do
it.  What you have to do is get into the groove or technique of the DX
operator and place your 100 watts in the right place.  Listening to ST0RY on
20 meters this evening there was pretty good propagation so most people
should have had a signal back to him.  The 15 KHz window at the time was
very
well packed yet his jumps were predictable and anyone with quick looks at
the
pileup could easily tailend a couple of QSO's.  You just had to work through
a large pileup.  On the other hand, ST2CF was also on, working a much
smaller
window and seemed to always find his way back to the same frequency and took
tailenders.  I found the frequency within 5 minutes listening and worked him
on 3 calls running QRP and a dipole.  The old expression "on any given day"
is true.  Working DX is a lot technique and experience.

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