[bars] RIT Boom!

[Christopher Lennon]

Beating the dead horse maybe, but I just used this trick to break into
another pile up.  Boom!  First try.

Sent from my phone.

On Sat, Sep 27, 2025, 10:02 PM Scott Ginsburg <k1oa at k1oa.com> wrote:

> When I’m working a POTA station on CW I usually wait for the op to give a
> QRZ?, especially if I haven’t heard them id yet, before calling but it’s ok
> to throw your call in as soon as you feel the previous contact is complete.
> Waiting for the dit dits to be exchanged is good form.
>
> If you wait too long and double with the POTA station no worries, you’ll
> have another chance to call.
>
> On Sep 27, 2025, at 2:59 PM, Christopher Lennon <kwaj.speedo at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> 
> I have a question about timing.  Sort of a good manners question. In PoTA
> the activator ends with a friendly e e, and the hunter replies with an e
> e.  When I hear the second e e I feel free to throw out my call sign.  If
> you wait long enough I can see that the end of your call sign may be in the
> clear.  Is waiting a longish time good gamesmanship or poor manners?
>
> Is all fair in love and ham radio?
>
> Chris
> W2BPL
>
>
> Sent from my phone.
>
> On Sat, Sep 27, 2025, 2:53 PM Christopher Lennon <kwaj.speedo at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> All good advice.
>>
>> I have used split but only in structured ways like for QRP Fox Hunts
>> where the Fox expects to be looking up a kHz or so.
>>
>> Of the items on Jim's list the only thing I do regularly is modify my
>> code speed.  Mostly I try to match the CQ speed.  One of the knobs on my
>> transceiver is programmable, and I have it mapped to code speed, so I can
>> do that without a lot of fiddling.
>>
>> Chris
>> W2BPL
>>
>>
>> Sent from my phone.
>>
>> On Sat, Sep 27, 2025, 12:51 PM Scott Ginsburg <k1oa at k1oa.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Chris,
>>>
>>> Adding to Jim’s excellent CW pileup advice I would also recommend using
>>> the second VFO if you have one in your radio and enabling split mode. The
>>> typical setup is to listen to the DX station on VFO A and use VFO B for
>>> your transmit frequency. Some splits are large enough to be beyond the
>>> range of XIT.
>>>
>>> The ideal configuration is to mix the audio from both VFOs in your
>>> headphones so you can simultaneously hear when the DX is listening for a
>>> call and monitor the pileup while you tune VFO B for your next transmission.
>>>
>>> A popular pileup technique is to continually tune just beyond the last
>>> caller’s frequency, especially if you’re not running high power. I’ve also
>>> had success going 5 or even 10 kHz above the pileup where nobody is
>>> transmitting. Call there for a while and if you don’t have success move
>>> down 1 kHz at a time toward the edge of the pileup. If you have a spectrum
>>> display this can help you find the clear frequencies high up in the pileup.
>>>
>>> It’s a lot of listening and learning the DX station’s pattern as Jim
>>> points out. Low power DXing is a real challenge but VERY rewarding when you
>>> get ‘em in the log!
>>>
>>> gl and 73,
>>> Scott K1OA
>>>
>>>
>>> > On Sep 27, 2025, at 10:14 AM, Christopher Lennon via bars <
>>> bars at w1hh.org> wrote:
>>> > 
>>> > My rig is just 20W to a piece of wet string, so I struggle to break
>>> through pileups when operating CW.  This morning I was struggling as usual
>>> when I decided to try the Receiver Incremental Tuning (RIT) feature.  I
>>> tuned off the CQer by 30 Hz and then used the RIT to make it up on
>>> receive.  So I was transmitting high to him by 30 Hz.  Boom I got right
>>> in!
>>> >
>>> > I used the RIT trick with 30 to 50 Hz a few more times this morning.
>>> It didn't always work first time, but it was much better than my average
>>> rate of breaking in.
>>> >
>>> > I've known about RIT all along, but I didn't think it was worth the
>>> fiddling around.  Definitely worth a try.
>>> >
>>> > Chris
>>> > W2BPL
>>> >
>>> > Sent from my phone.
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