[OKDXA] DXing Simplified

[William B. Stacy]

Golly, that works almost as well as my little vertical down in the valley
among the trees.  Also, if you find a juicy spot on the Cluster, you have
your choice of adding QRM to the pileup or rejoicing with those who actually
can hear and work the station.  :-o

Bill, N5TU

-----Original Message-----
From: okdxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:okdxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
On Behalf Of K5KC
Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 8:41 AM
To: Discussion of OKDXA
Subject: [OKDXA] DXing Simplified

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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