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Honing Your Operating Skills. Rate – Search & Pounce. Good starting point; you can operate at your own pace Timing – finding CQers finding someone calling CQ, not someone who’s working someone else Focus on 10kHz sections and pick stations off Timing – Get your call noticed in a pileup
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Rate – Search & Pounce • Good starting point; you can operate at your own pace • Timing – finding CQers • finding someone calling CQ, not someone who’s working someone else • Focus on 10kHz sections and pick stations off • Timing – Get your call noticed in a pileup • Take note of pileup behavior • Avoid brute force calling. Call when competition is at a minimum • “Bookmark”
Rate – Running • Your Own Pileup: Handling moments when several stations call at once • Contest Simulators • MorseRunner: http://www.dxatlas.com/MorseRunner/ • Others: Ped, VPed, RUFZ • Use DXpedition pileups as practice • Be concise
Accuracy • Accuracy first, rate second • Get as much info as possible before QSO • Not sure? Take time after QSO to get call or exchange • Ask for repeats if needed • Ask for QRS in CW • DX spotting cluster accuracy
Other Techniques • Practice in smaller contests – even for just an hour • Notes from previous contest experiences • Listen to other contesters
