At 05:28 AM 12/16/2005, Dennis OConnor wrote:
>Now, I like to maximize my Countries to Q's ratio during a contest -
>1:1 is the ideal ratio ... In a recent contest I worked 66 countries
>on 140 Q's on 80 meters... I tune a lot with one radio in each ear
>- told you I was mentally handicapped - I listen between the
>louder stations, the flagship CQ machines, and the howling pileups,
>for that water weak DX call... I'm alert for the five second
>tuner-upper, the station that sends a few dits just to see if
>everything is working, etc... In the left ear I tune slowly... In
>the right ear I tune fast... I cover the band back and forth both
>rapidly and thoroughly at the same time..
>As a result I find uniques (lots of em), and I find stations just
>firing up, and I may get them within a minute or two of their
>setting up shop (I'm always impressed at how fast the pack descends
>after they work a station that spots them)... If you look at my log,
>you might believe that I am using the spotting networks to 'point
>and click' these guys - but I'm not, how could that be any fun?...
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The soul of a true DXer.
73, Bill W6WRT
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