Icom IC-7300, Manual

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