10-10-2013, 11:32 AM
David - I understand the points you are making and indeed agree with most of them. But I think that you are over-looking one highly-relevant point. To find a weak station and be able to listen and understand what is being said, especially during the mayhem of a DX pile-up, requires significant skill by the operator of that receiver: the precise adjustment of that receiver's controls and auxiliary apparatus, together with a knowledge of just what each component part of that receiving equipment plays in obtaining the clearest reception.
In transmission, a different set of skills are required. Having the strongest signal in a pile-up will certainly help establish a contact, but there is more to obtaining that contact that mere 'volume'. The timing of one's calls, their rate of announcement, the choice of phonetics, etc. all contribute.
The selection of the operator-controlled variables - for the successful reception a weak signal in difficult conditions and subsequent successful replying transmission - is not only based on knowledge, experience and available equipment, but also skill: choosing when, what, why and how. In summary, the precise control of those variables that are under the operator's control: that requires skill.
Al. / Oct. 10, '13 //
In transmission, a different set of skills are required. Having the strongest signal in a pile-up will certainly help establish a contact, but there is more to obtaining that contact that mere 'volume'. The timing of one's calls, their rate of announcement, the choice of phonetics, etc. all contribute.
The selection of the operator-controlled variables - for the successful reception a weak signal in difficult conditions and subsequent successful replying transmission - is not only based on knowledge, experience and available equipment, but also skill: choosing when, what, why and how. In summary, the precise control of those variables that are under the operator's control: that requires skill.
Al. / Oct. 10, '13 //
