[Elecraft] XIT

[Bill Coleman]

On May 29, 2006, at 8:27 AM, TMorton wrote:

> This past weekend during the WPX contest when Searching and  
> Pouncing (S&P) I would run across stations who "CQed" in my face  
> when I was zero beat and hear them come back to stations as much  
> as  .20 below their freq. That's when I would run the XIT down to  
> match where their last qso took place and successfully work the  
> guy.  Much quicker and faster than hitting split in this case.

I've done this too, especially on 160m.

I think the basic problem is that guys crank in their tightest  
filters, and then they can't hear very far to each side.

I don't use the XIT, but instead just grab the big knob and fish  
around a bit, calling both higher and lower than zero beat.

> Another time is when the other station has his filters cranked down  
> really tight and I have to move my transmit freq to get inside his  
> passband. Most contesters use 500 or even 700 hz filters when  
> "running"  and let their brain be the final filter.

This weekend I kept my K2/100 on the 400 Hz filter, and cranked in  
the DSP filter of the same bandwidth, too. Much easier to find a  
clear frequency to CQ on that way. <grin>

Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL        Mail: aa4lr at arrl.net
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