Charlie,
Good work.
Going by the numbers (1-0) don't take into consideration propagation.
Numbers are no longer connected to geographical location. You know W1,2
and 3 have different propagations as W4s.
Where do I belong? My call is W1 but located in W4 land. Yes I can try
KE1F/4 when 4s are called. ( that is another story, I had been yelled at
doing that many years ago)
73s
Lou KE1F in Florida
Charles Harpole wrote:
The answer to this question is MAKE BETTER DXPEDITION OPERATORS.....
The main reason ordinarily placid people become "caller mad men" is
simple.... FRUSTRATION !
How to reduce frustration?
1. The DX op must be a general, establish a calling pattern and never
never vary.
2. The DX op should call by numbers in this way.... call one one and
then one two and then one three, and so on. This method has many
benefits the largest of which is it reduces the FRUSTRATION level of
the callers.... 90% of the bad callers are just regular people who
have been driven temporarily crazy by a bad DX operator's methods.
The other 10% are just crazy, probably at birth.
Results of "call by numbers" are:
-Makes absolutely clear when one should call.... no ambiguity which
leads to FRUSTRATION.
-Allows callers to break away from the rig for a few minutes to get
coffee or something without losing any calling time. A break reduces
FRUSTRATION.
-This method eliminates the gripes that "he is favoring JA or he is
only working the East Coast when my area is really in the best
propagation now." All "ones" are equal this way yielding lowered
FRUSTRATION.
-The DX op can slightly vary from this pattern if there are vastly
more of one number than all others.
3. DX op must establish a reasonable split (10 kc?) and must MOVE FREQ
AFTER EVERY QSO and move in the same direction. This is a pain for
the DX op, but it REDUCES FRUSTRATION because callers can select a
freq and STAY THERE instead of doing the guessing game and moving
around a lot. This eliminates tail-enders --which, when taken,
increases other callers' FRUSTRATION. It also eliminates the extra
deep pile on the freq. where a good QSO was just completed. (The time
lost in moving freq. is made up by a more orderly pile up.)
4. The DX op should give QSL info and state his op method every half
hour. Anyone can wait a half hour and knowing the info is on sked
reduces FRUSTRATION.
5. The DX op must NEVER call a partial and then go back to someone
else with none of the first letters nor numbers.... Bad Example is
"QRZ the W3" and then.... "G7XXX ur 59" . The op must stick with his
"partial" forever if it takes that, otherwise there is no reason to
stand by if the DX is just going to take anyone regardless of his
"directed QRZ."
6 and a pet complaint.... do not claim u r at a DX location "to do
propagation experiments" and then send only 5-9 sig reports. Oh, well.
Hams who live near frequent offenders must take it on themselves to
take the bad guy to lunch (ideally in a group) and gently get to the
point of his bad ops. Suggest alternatives, be helpful, but pass the
message that we hear u and do not like it.... IN PERSON.
73,
Charles Harpole, HS0ZCW
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