On May 29, 2006, at 8:27 AM, TMorton wrote:
This past weekend during the WPX contest when Searching and
Pouncing (S&P) I would run across stations who "CQed" in my face
when I was zero beat and hear them come back to stations as much
as .20 below their freq. That's when I would run the XIT down to
match where their last qso took place and successfully work the
guy. Much quicker and faster than hitting split in this case.
I've done this too, especially on 160m.
I think the basic problem is that guys crank in their tightest
filters, and then they can't hear very far to each side.
I don't use the XIT, but instead just grab the big knob and fish
around a bit, calling both higher and lower than zero beat.
Another time is when the other station has his filters cranked down
really tight and I have to move my transmit freq to get inside his
passband. Most contesters use 500 or even 700 hz filters when
"running" and let their brain be the final filter.
This weekend I kept my K2/100 on the 400 Hz filter, and cranked in
the DSP filter of the same bandwidth, too. Much easier to find a
clear frequency to CQ on that way. <grin>
Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!"
-- Wilbur Wright, 1901
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