lol, rick, your message reminds me a little of american TV drug 
commercials...a quarter about the advertising and marketing of the drug, 3 
quarters about the possible side effects and complications hi.

anyway, I tend to use 20 meters mostly for any dx...that is mostly to due 
with the fact that I usually only have a mono-band antenna set up for 20 
meters.
88 countries, and 49 confirmed so far is nothing to sneeze at for only a 
year and ahalf on HF and the settup you have.
I think I might have 25 countries at best, and none confirmed, and i've been 
on hf for 5 years.
Very well done if I say so myself.
anyway, for european dx on 20, I usually look between 14.190 and 14.260.
I don't know precisely why, or if there are some mutual agreed upon dx 
frequencies in there, but I find the europeans tend to stay above 14.200 and 
below 14.250.
they don't always, but during contests and when the propigation to the US is 
running hot, they tend to stick within that 50K segment of 20M.
I haven't yet figured out a really good way to set the ts2000 to scan or 
alert you for scan edges...so that you know when your at the bottom and top 
of the scan range.
auto scanning HF is a terribly slow and tedious process...it takes minutes 
to scan through 50K of band...if you find you are turning the vfo too fast 
and missing things, you could set your tune rate to the fine setting so it 
takes more turns to go across the band..or use the tension adjustment and 
stiffen the vfo up a bit so it doesn't turn so easily.
have you considered tapping into a dx cluster for your area?
the ts2000 can receive dx cluster information on the sub receiver, and you 
can set it to automatically jump to a frequency that has activity. 
Sometimes the issue though is that local dx cluster transmitters tend to 
have poor filters, so you get dx cluster info for regions well outside your 
area.
at least that is the issue here.  There is so much info coming across that 
the radio goes into parixisms and madly flips from one frequency to another, 
without hearing a single thing.
There is a way to set filters I think in the tnc, or something, but I never 
went that far.
anyway, dx cluster info for your region can be very helpful in locating 
where the dx is.
If your hunting a band, often you'll miss stations if you go past when they 
are listening or when other stations are talking to them that you can't 
hear.
others will chime in with more frequencies i'm sure.
73
Colin, V A6BKX
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rick" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2010 12:01 PM
Subject: Good DX frequencies?


> Hi list.
> I like to think of myself as a DX hunter, even though I'm not vary good =
> at it.
> I use the hunt and pounce method.
> I'd rather try to bust a pileup than try to control one.
> Not that I'd ever cause one. LOL
> After being on HF for less than a year and a half, I only worked 88 =
> countries with 49 confirmed.
> I have frequency ranges programmed into my rig from 80 through 10 =
> meters, and I pick a band to scan for DX.
> When I hear a signal I stop and listen for a while.
> I like this method because if I scan a band using the main tuning knob, =
> I tend to go to fast and miss things.
> What I'd like to ask is, what are some good frequencies you have found =
> to be good for DX on phone?
> Some times I'm doing something other than radio when I'm in the shack, =
> and I don't want to scan a band, and have to stop what I'm doing to stop =
> the rig, back it up and check out a signal.
> Any suggestions to improve increasing my DX contacts would be greatly =
> appreciated.
> Right now my station is a Kenwood TS-2000, a Heathkit SB-220, MFJ manual =
> tuner, and the antenna is a Cushcraft R7 with the feed point about 8 and =
> a half feet off the ground.
> I have the antenna grounded to a chainlink fence that runs almost a =
> whole city block in a straight line.
> The fence is broad side to east and west, if that matters.
> Also I'd like to say, I'm not trying to be rude if I don't reply to =
> every post.
> I don't believe it's considerate to cluster up the list with one line =
> thank you messages.
> I'm not trying to criticize anybody.
> Thanks in advance for any help or suggestions, and 7 3 to all.
>
> KB3GOS
>