The best of the best will start to spot the pileup frequency and give
the DX's RX QRG in the free text field of the spot.
That will mix up the fastest of the fastest !
Have FUN !
FUN seems like an endangered species here on Contest reflector.
Like someone wrote a couple of years ago:
Oh Boy. We all need a contest. Fast!
73,
Jukka OH6LI
>K1TTT:
...
>No, as I pointed out 'up' doesn't help the spot grabbers since the
software
>doesn't know what to do and won't set the split, so you still end up
with
>callers on the tx frequency.
>
>David Robbins K1TTT
...
> >Tree
> >There is just one problem with your argument against spotting the qsx
> > frequency... if it isn't sent then stations just grabbing the spot
and
> not
> > listening before calling will call on you tx frequency making it so
> other
> > stations who know the split can't hear you. Many people are
dependent
> on
> > the qsx for setting the split now, and many programs add it
> automatically,
> > so its really better to send it than not to... even if the dx
doesn't
> stay
> > there long afterwards at least it gets everyone blindly grabbing
spots
> and
> > calling into the split mode to start with.
>
> I think the suggestion already made to just say "UP" takes care of
this
> issue
> without creating the problem I was describing.
>
> Agree?
>
> Tree
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