[bars] RIT Boom!

[Jim Idelson]

This is a known trick of the pile-up masters. Calling a little high or low
will differentiate your signal from the rest of the callers who simply
click on a packet spot. Several things can differentiate you from the rest:

   - Frequency - as you learned
   - Timing - when you call in the pileup
   - Speed - how fast you send
   - Length - how many times you send your call

This list is great for cw. There are variations on this theme for other
modes. Often, if you spend a little time listening to the behavior of the
DX station, you can make exactly the right choices and get a reply on the
first or second attempt. These techniques allow stations with smaller
signals to compete with the big guns!

73 Jim K1IR


On Sat, 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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