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Re: [TenTec] Requirements for a top tier DXing rig

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Subject: Re: [TenTec] Requirements for a top tier DXing rig
From: Jim Brown <k9yc@audiosystemsgroup.com>
Reply-to: k9yc@arrl.net, Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec@contesting.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2013 16:58:39 -0700
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On 10/18/2013 2:47 PM, Rick - DJ0IP / NJ0IP wrote:
But if you are trying to turn in the best possible score that you can, you
have to stay focused on the stuff the matters.
Playing with knobs is usually counterproductive.

And EXACTLY the same things can be said about DXing -- LISTEN, THINK, LISTEN, and THINK. Try to figure out where he's listening, what his patterns are, try to time your calls when you can fit between stronger stations, try to fit them between louder stations, make your calls short enough that you are certain that you're not stepping on someone he's trying to work. I always dump my call in twice as fast as I can, listen, then once, then listen, and so on.

You don't need to be looking at anything on the radio but the spectrum display, and the indicator that split is turned on. :) Everything else is between your ears!

73, Jim K9YC
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