[OKDXA] DXing Simplified

[Coy Day]

Ken,

Did you notice that rotors always break in the Summer when you have a lot
of nice days to get up there and fix it?

Coy
-- 
Coy Day, N5OK
20685 SW 29
Union City, OK 73090
405-483-5632

K5KC wrote:
> I've discovered a new and simpler procedure for chasing DX.  All it
> involves
> is having a broken rotor; alternatively, you can just unplug yours.  If
> you
> do the latter, set it first to a direction where you have worked
> everything.
>
>
>
> Advantages include:
>
>
>
> No need to know beam headings to DX station
>
> LP or SP is irrelevant
>
> You can warm the ionosphere in a different direction from everybody else -
> perhaps this could be considered a diversity measure
>
> You are justified in speaking of "checking propagation" as an alternative
> to
> just calling CQ (thanks to some of the CA KW+s for this technique)
>
> You are not delayed by having to complete a QSO
>
> You don't have to lie with a 599 when a 229 would do better - you maintain
> your integrity this way
>
> You don't have to be bothered with QSLs
>
> You don't have to check the mail anxiously to see if your count went up
>
> It is a lot less expensive
>
> You still get to hear your friends making all those nasty QSOs and having
> to
> be bothered with all the QSL stuff
>
>
>
> Give it a try!  Happy to be of help.
>
>
>
> 73 Ken K5KC
>
>
>
>
>
>
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