These geniuses may as well be yodeling in the Swiss alps, listening to themselves, rather than really trying to contact someone! WHAT IS THE POINT?
It is a KNOWN, proven fact, you can not work what you can NOT hear! I PROMISE YOU! If you can't hear the station you are "desiring" to contact, wait for conditions to improve. You can NOT NOT improve propagation by attempting to ionize the atmosphere no matter what you do....even with your 5KW+...it can not be done! So please...just chalk it up to possible your tri-bander, your low dipole, or just plain lack of skill package when it comes to even operating your own radio. (That is another subject for another blog!...but learn to operate your radio...(and that means the SPLIT function as well))..... but I will digress for now....
Another idea you may find helpful especially with sunspot numbers on the rise...is if you can't hear the DX station you are listening for.....try long path...very often that will make the difference if the DX station is a fair distance away.
Bottom line is this: If you are calling a station you can NOT hear or can not hear well...YOU are messing up chances for those who actually CAN hear them.....So...just lay off the Mic switch...... and or take your hand off your Begali Paddle..... AND WAIT.......and WAIT some more until you can hear well enough to work a particular station...... and then.......only then can you say you contributed well to a pileup!
Now work some DX....and giddy up!!!
73
Jose - N4BAA
