Busting Pileups
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• Make sure you hear the other station before beginning; try to pattern them before
calling; double check that your rig is in split if need before calling
• Its mostly about timing
• Drop in your callsign at just the right time
• Avoid calling out of turn – don’t be QRM
• Don’t use partial callsigns – Ops trying to maximize their rates won’t work you
• Wait enough time for most of callers to stop
• Try calling with a slightly different tone (use ∆Tx control if you have one)
• +/- 100 Hz off the pileup for CW
• + 300 to 500 Hz for SSB
• Tail-end calls – use caution
• Listen first to see if operator is working these
• Full callsign, fast, and only when you can hear both ends of the previous QSO
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