[Elecraft] Sub Receiver jones...

[Tom, N5GE]

On Mon, 16 Feb 2009 10:31:20 -0800, you wrote:

Below...

>Jim Miller wrote:
>> Listening to K5D last night made it obvious to me (I'm slow...) the
>> benefit of a sub-receiver. The exchanges that occur by the pursuers
>> are impossible to find by switching back and forth between pursued and
>> pursuer frequencies. I'm assuming that the pursued will take the next
>> call somewhere near the last one, maybe a bad assumption.
>
>Some DX operators (the ones I like) go through a pileup in one direction, moving up or 
>down a discrete amount each time. Then they either 'snap back' to the other end of the 
>pileup, or tune back the way they came. This is the best case, because if you are thinking 
>you can predict where to call accurately -- and only a small percentage of callers are 
>thinking!
>
>Others hop around between two general areas. You can imagine them flipping back and forth 
>each time. If you detect this, it can be helpful.
>
>Some operators pretty much listen in one spot, plus or minus a few hundred Hz. for a long 
>time. Pretty soon everyone learns where this is!
>
>Sometimes a guy will just randomly pick someone to answer with no discernible pattern. 
>This can be frustrating.
>
>You really do need two receivers to spot the pattern. It can be hard when the DX is 
>working stations that you can't hear.
>
>I know that I have spent long periods in pileups without results until I get the pattern. 
>Then -- blam, one shot.

Exactly!

73,

Tom, N5GE

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