[GreenKeys] another RTTY newbie Question

[Nick England]

Thanks. I should have thought of the situation where I couldn’t hear the DX
station. Just like yelling Lima Alfa, Lima Alfa in an SSB pileup.
Nick


On Sat, Dec 29, 2018 at 5:14 PM Jim Haynes <jhhaynes at earthlink.net> wrote:

> On Sat, 29 Dec 2018, Nick England wrote:
>
> > I heard someone transmitting just:
> > KD5ILA KD5ILA KD5ILA PSE K
> >
> That most likely means he is chasing a DX station.  Typical operation is
> that the DX station calls CQ or QRZ on his transmit frequency but is
> listening on a different frequency.  He may send something like "up 2"
> in his calls telling you that he is listening 2 KHz up from where he
> is transmitting.  In any event, all the stations that want to contact
> him will spread out around his frequency and just send their call signs
> and wait for him to hear them and respond.  Soon as they hear him stop
> transmitting they will all send their call signs and hope to be picked
> up by the DX station.
>
>
> --
Nick England K4NYW
www.navy-radio.com
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