Posted: 10/29/2010 7:54:39 PM EDT
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I hear a station on 7.191.150.
He gives his call and repeats 252. Is he listening on 7.191.402? |
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When they throw out a frequency it usually means KHz. He could have also said "listening up 61", which would indicate 7191 + 61 KHz = 7252. Yes, I thought that also at first, but in this case it wouldn't work. 7191 + 252 = 7443 ––––-> out of the band in this example. ETA: I chased this contact for about 30 minutes, using every combination of split freq I could think of. Admittedly, this was my first experience with split freq operation, but I learned a lot even though I did not make the contact this time. 
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| Did he say "listening 252" or just making the statement of 252? Might just be some kind of contest exchange... CQWW SSB is this weekend IIRC. There's also a 10-10 contest but that would be on 10m and not 40m. If they're running split the usual practice is to say "listening up 10" (up 10kHz from their TX)... "listening 252" would be at .252 kHz on whatever band they are on. |
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Did he say "listening 252" or just making the statement of 252? Might just be some kind of contest exchange... CQWW SSB is this weekend IIRC. There's also a 10-10 contest but that would be on 10m and not 40m. If they're running split the usual practice is to say "listening up 10" (up 10kHz from their TX)... "listening 252" would be at .252 kHz on whatever band they are on. He did say "listening 252", but not every time he CQ'd. And it wasn't always 252. That number moved up and down without any pattern I could see. I think he was moving the listening freq around when it became too congested. Also, when he confirmed a contact, it was always 59-150, the freq he was TXing on. |
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This link helped me understand why an operator would use split operation. Most of the more experienced operators probably knew this already. However, I didn't have a clue.
Split Operations - When and How? |
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Quoted: This link helped me understand why an operator would use split operation. Most of the more experienced operators probably knew this already. However, I didn't have a clue. Split Operations - When and How? That makes alot of sense. However, there will still be a pileup on the listening frequency from all the stations that can't or don't hear that the DX is listening up or down. I guess that's just going to happen, though. |
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Actually had the opportunity to put this knowledge to use yesterday on 20m PSK-31.
A Brazillian station, 8P9XB, on DXpedition to Barbados was calling CQ (hiscall), followed by the single word "UP". 10 KHz up from his calling freq was where he was listening. Easy contact in the log now that I recognize what the heck is going on. 
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