"N2EY" wrote

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| Anything less than an Extra is a big competitive disadvantage in DX
contesting.
| Like not being able to work split.
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Not able to work split???????????????? That's nonsense.

Actually it's pretty common (almost universal) that DXpeditions park
their transmitter in the Advance or Extra class part of the band and
listen in the General segment. On 20, for example, DXpeditions usually
park at 14.023 (Extra) and listen up 5 on CW. Similarly on Phone they
almost universally transmit at 14.195 (Advanced) and listen up. Similar
tactics on other bands (transmit on 3795 and listen just up above 3800).
40-meter phone (there isn't even an Extra phone segment there) is almost
100% done working split.

73, de Hans, K0HB