http://www.dxuniversity.com/dxing/weeklydx.php?id=27 Why? by Wayne Mills, N7NG While observing some of the excellent operating from D64K and 9M4SLL this past week, one might wonder why there has been relatively little acrimony present on the DXpedition frequencies. While there have been some complaints, particularly from the more deserving inEurope, the overall response …

http://www.dxuniversity.com/dxing/weeklydx.php?id=26 How to Gain an Advantage in the Pileups (Or, how to minimize your kWh!) by Wayne Mills, N7NG I recently purchased a “Kill A Watt” Model P-4400 by P3 International. This device measures AC power consumption – KWH. It’s good up to 15 amps, and I intended to use …

http://www.dxuniversity.com/dxing/weeklydx.php?id=25 Reduce confusion by improving your timing – and listening! by Wayne Mills, N7NG Some time ago, I wrote about the confusion that I had been observing when one operator misread the signals from the station he was working and began transmitting before the other operator was finished. In a …

http://www.dxuniversity.com/dxing/weeklydx.php?id=24 DXpedition Retrospective: 1A0C by Wayne Mills, N7NG Paraphrasing the venerable Hugh Cassidy: If you worked [a DXpedition], it was a great one! If you didn’t, well…it wasn’t all that good. Listening to the some of the comments from the western reaches, last week’s DXpedition to Sovereign Military Order of …

http://www.dxuniversity.com/dxing/weeklydx.php?id=23 New DX Waves and Terms Coming Up: The DXPP and Outer Space By Guest Contributor Martti J. Laine, OH2BH Thanks to NCDXF Treasurer Don Greenbaum, N1DG and his excellent financial study of several mega-DXpeditions, 2012 will be remembered as the year that financial openness began to make inroads into …

http://www.dxuniversity.com/dxing/weeklydx.php?id=22 Encore Performance: What Are You Listening For? by Wayne Mills, N7NG With the 1A0C operation opening up yesterday, it has become quickly apparent that not everyone read and heeded Hints No. 2. So, here’s an encore… Last week (No.1) we talked about how to study a pileup situation – …

http://www.dxuniversity.com/dxing/weeklydx.php?id=21 Duplicate QSOs Submitted to LoTW by Wayne Mills, N7NG After uploading a log to LoTW, have you noticed that your activity record shows many recorded QSOs and QSLs, but many fewer new QSOs and/or QSLs listed in the count at the top of your user page? This is usually …

http://www.dxuniversity.com/dxing/weeklydx.php?id=20 Using Propagation to Your Advantage by Wayne Mills, N7NG We all experience variations in propagation, no matter where we are located. Of course, some areas have much better propagation to areas of greater interest. Topband on the East Coast is a good example. More countries are workable with relatively …

http://www.dxuniversity.com/dxing/weeklydx.php?id=19 Running the Show… by Wayne Mills, N7NG In Hints No.16, I talked about what Club Log could do to help mitigate the effects that it encourages – the recurring race for band-mode slots during major DXpeditions. It is likely that the competition created by listing DXers’ band-mode accomplishments serves …

http://www.dxuniversity.com/dxing/weeklydx.php?id=18 Remote Control DXing and DXCC in the 21st Century by Wayne Mills, N7NG In the last decade or so, remote control operation has become more and more common. Historically, a few operators have controlled their stations through wire lines or microwave links. (Some really good DX was worked via …