A band scope reveals the RTTY pileup on 7O6T covers 1 to 10 KHz up, solid.
Forget about finding a clear frequency because there isn't one.
When I am operating RTTY from a DX location I want callers to call 3 times,
wait 1-2 seconds and repeat. (Don't wait 5-10 seconds)
It is very frustrating to get a station tuned in just in time to get their
last letter, then wait, and wait, and wait, for him/her to call again so I
can get the whole call.
The strongest signal will prevail.
Transmit on the wrong vfo? Oops, we have all done that. In the future we
will have a humongously big full period talk circuit via the internet where
the oops station can be reminded of the wrong vfo, not on the DX calling
frequency.
This would cut down on most of the jamming. Snipping coax comes to mind for
the rest.
de Paul, W8AEF
ZF2JI/ZF2TA 8Q7AA FO8DX/FO0PLA XZ0A VU7RG/VU3PYM TX5A A52PP
-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Turner
Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2012 6:06 AM
To: RTTYReflector
Subject: [RTTY] The Case for QYF (was We Need a New Strategy)
Chen has good points below, but there are good counter-points too. I call
this style of operating QYF, meaning "answer my CQ on a different frequency
and I will work you there". YF = Your Frequency
1. Chen says not everyone has two receivers. Well, you don't need two
receivers, just VFO A and VFO B. Use VFO A on his CQ frequency and call him
(and listen for him) on VFO B. This is NOT split - just simplex on VFO B and
you can do it even with ancient equipment without dual VFOs. Just turn the
knob as needed.
2. Chen worries that you don't know when to stop calling. You stop calling
when he works you or you give up. Just like now.
3. One HUGE advantage to operating QYF is it encourages everyone to find a
clear frequency to call the DX instead of piling up on the frequency of the
last station. Think about this from the DX point of view - everyone will be
spread out instead of a hundred stations on one frequency! Because you are
listening on your own transmit frequency, you are MUCH less likely to QRM
another station and vice versa. The way it is now, most stations call
blindly because they are not listening on their own frequency. That would
change.
4. But perhaps the BIGGEST advantage is that QYF foils the jammers and the
Kilocycle Kops. They would have no idea where the DX is actually operating
because it changes with every QSO. By the time the jammer finds the QSO
frequency, the QSO is over and the DX is on another frequency. Jamming the
DX's CQ frequency is pointless because 99% of the time nobody is listening
there and jamming there does not interfere with actual QSOs. When the pile
starts to thin out, the DX goes back to the CQ frequency and sends a short
CQ CQ QYF QYF de X1XXX K and then he's gone again.
5. Anything is better than the mess we have now. :-)
Comments?
73, Bill W6WRT
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