[bars] RIT Boom!

[Christopher Lennon]

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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