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Having lived in the Middle East for 20!years, the first day I arrived I was educated in how the US state department would be of no assistance whatsoever, and I should try and reach the British consulate instead. On dxpeditions to AP ( 1 man ) rows of machine gun equipped military personnel was common at the airports. De K2XR Great video !

Another vote for FHN. Will welcome you along to the IOTA stand in the DX Plaza. Chris G1VDP

James Gallo is a DX legend. I have made a couple of contacts with him. I consider it an honor to catch him on the air. A true Gentlemen and ambassador to the hobby of Amatuer radio.

Incredibly interesting insight into the world of DXpeditioning. The good the bad and the downright scary 😧 Another vote for FHN from me. See you there James!

Great to know! Thanks guys!!!

Another habit that annoys me while running a pile up: the station I answer sends my callsign to me. I know my call and do not need it sent to me. The issue is that it costs the running station qsos eventually because it consumes time. For example if three stations do it in a row, I lose enough time that costs one more qso.

To learn to break the pileup, be the guy running the pileup. Doing POTA/SOTA gives you good experience with smaller pileups. It really helps to be on the receiving end because you're learning how guys are breaking the pile. Now you can take that knowledge and try breaking pileups with that technique.

Great info. Today, DA0WWA had a cw pileup as a result of a cluster spot. I called him 100 khz high and worked him first call. de W4ANT

This is great info from experienced guys. Wonderful, thanks!

I'm not a contester but I like to work DX whether it be on CW or single sideband. And I have managed to break pileups with my meager 100 watt station with an indoor antenna. So yeah I think it comes down to timing if you're a little off frequency and things like that but I've broken pileups. I really got to say this again I just I really think it's about timing and things like that 73 good video

Absolutely brilliant as always. 2W0IEP 73.

increase speed when calling - this works for a select few people but I would say it doesn't for most everyone else. More often the problem is in the other direction - answering CQers at a speed much faster than the CQer is sending. Slow down, call once and get the QSO, instead of calling fast, getting ?, then sending again at same fast speed, then getting QRS, then finally slowing down to get your callsign understood and the QSO in the log.

There are other reasons why a caller doesn't answer the CQer's exchange the first time: a) the callsign got covered up by another station calling on top of the CQer. The caller usually hears the exchange but doesn't know who it was for. b) Transmit locked out in multi-op and couldn't reply at exactly the right time.

On the "short callsigns aren't always good" - I chose mine purely for being good phonetically, with no thought at all about CW. Then I started doing CW and thought "oh no, all those dahs, the weight of it" but in fact it makes it quite distinctive and it's not an issue.

Yes, trying to get into the pileup. It's finding the appropriate time and patience. Lots of patience some of the operators may listen above the frequency and sim listing below. It varies it can do. Makes it harder when you when your qrp. It's a challenge though qrp is excellent I think. All the best, DX 73S G0HDA

'You have to be able to recognize your call'. LOL. True, but sometimes at 35+ wpm, that can be difficult. Especially with calls with lots of dits.

73 de G6AD... that's G6AD in case you missed the first time Randy ;-)

The ultimate "fun" starts when YB stations call you by keying your call, then their call twice, followed by the report and their call again.

Definitely a therapy session. I could relate to every word spoken!

The one thing that bothers me “ I don’t know why” is hearing cq test their call , a moment of silence and boom test again right as I’m calling. 😂 this is a long lived thing in Europe I’m assuming.

Interesting to note the differences between contesting, DXing, and the more casual exchanges of POTA and QSO parties. Randy mentioned audio - that’s one of my worries because it is hard to check. All good information … and useful therapy session 😂

“Randy needs a hug” 😂😂😂

I very much enjoy all you episodes. However this one was great. Having more modest staions, espceially rookies was appealing to me. I'm currently studying for my Canadian license. Actually I updated a great study guiide from a Vic- tied to the U of Waterloo that I think was the Vic referred to in the podcast. This guide is very well wrtitten . Thanks again. Regards, Paul - Nova Scotia

David Minster the "Joe Biden" of the ARRL

Very impressive.... Best wishes de VU2CHR Murthy India

This morning I passed my technician test after studying with Ham Radio Prep and then I joined the World Radio League.

Great conversation, with several things that were new to me. I’m intrigued by the club leadership development idea. My club leadership seems to be good at finding what individuals have energy for, and putting them in a role to share that passion. It might be writing (digital promotion), social communication (welcoming new comers), technical (offer radio building help), organizational skills (organize events), etc. I’m all for recruiting new hams, especially younger hams, but let’s not forget how contagious good energy is. How can we bring out and highlight the energetic souls, whatever age, who are passionate about the hobby?

Very energizing. We must never loose sight of the social aspects and commensality (eating and cooking together) but also the citizen science aspects.

"If you want to call cq on the internet, then go for it" LOL

When you don't have anything else in your life besides the radio....

Great information

October 2013 I spent 2 weeks with Fabio UFH ar D4C. I still remember the first night when He was asking me CQ zone for each strange prefix or famous Ops. "You need to know them all" he said. Since then night and that D4 experience my way manage the pileups changed dramatically. Thanks Fabio and thanks Kevin for another nice video!

Way to go Fabio!. Great interview, as usual. 73 de IK3SGL / OA9DVK

With due respect, bring us news, techniques, personalities, and the like. This is speculation on what we already know. The show is better than this. I enjoy your other work.

Interesting!

Great work, Stuart, It is always a pleasure to get you in the log on POTA or a contested. Stuart > VE9CF

Great interview. Thanks Stuart!

Amazing interview. I have been a Ham since 1967 and still love contesting. New technologies are very helpful for hams and I try to cope with it. The most memorable semi quote of Gerry was "It doesn't matter if you made 100 QSO during contest. It's important to have a fun. 73 de HF5WIM

VE1RGO won the Top New Contester plaque in the 2024 California QSO Party. It was great to watch your interview!

There is a lot of qrp stations to in contesting. 73

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Love Raisa! Bright young lady.

Cool story

I am so thankful to have found an active, supportive, and welcoming club.

Thank you for sharing this story. We just shared a link to this video on our social media channels.

Maybe I miss read the title, I was hoping this was more technical, antenna, setups for "Small Pistols" ... This is more an interview of the operator. Maybe next time, we could have something more technical for smaller contesting stations.

Lots of great ops in VE

Not all low power contesters are beginners as was inferred. Some choose to stay low power.

Hello XE2ZZ 73s.

nice interview!! thanks Kevin and Andy!