[DogParkList] RFE - auto-increment freq

[David Ferrington, M0XDF]

This wasn't intended for a contest, I believe it is intended as a way  
of working up the band, searching for DX.
In my case, with a very high floor, it might be easier than using  
scan, which drops out whenever it catches anything high.
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Accuracy Transcends Speed

On 20 Dec 2009, at 20:50, K6LE wrote:


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> On 12/20/2009, at 11:30 , Don Agro wrote:

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>> Hi David,

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>> On 2009-12-20, at 2:22 PM, David Ferrington, M0XDF wrote:

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>>> Well, I guess the idea is, you pick a frequency and then just work  

>>> your way up in increments from there.

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>> Doesn't strike me as a very efficient way to look for signals, but  

>> others might disagree.

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> Me either!   I can't imagine any HF contest where I would want to  

> jump up the band in increments that would either miss some signals  

> or wind up off frequency requiring I tune the knob anyway.   Perhaps  

> for a VHF or 10M type contest when the band is dead but that's about  

> the only time I can see myself wanting that "feature"

>

>>

>>> The idea being you let MLDX do the dial tuning while you get on  

>>> with reading something, if you hear something, you stop the scan  

>>> and start working it. My noise floor is so high (s7-s9) that  

>>> scanning invariably stops just because of a peak in the noise.

>>

>> I think most people prefer to set their filters and follow the  

>> cluster spots.

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> Well, that's if you are entered as "Assisted".  Also, when you are a  

> little pistol like myself you have to try to get there before the  

> cluster spots!

>

> Rick

> K6LE

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