Guess I won't be joining that group, where I come from if you rely on a spot and don't actually copy a stations callsign it is not a contact.
DX IS, County hunting done that way AIN'T Joe W4WN On Jun 19, 2012, at 12:55 AM, "Duane, WV2B" <w...@juno.com> wrote: > > From the MARAC county hunting information page: > > "The County Hunter Net which you found on 14.336 or 7.188 operates during the > daylight hours every day and sometimes into the evening. Most of the time the > pace is fast and furious with mobiles making contacts at the rate of 8 to 10 > per minute. You will also notice that we do not use phonetics in the call > signs. The reason for this is obvious if you listen to the net for a while. > The use of phonetics slows down the cadence and rhythm of the mobile > operator. The mobile operators train their ears to hear call signs and cannot > take the time to translate what they are not used to hearing. When you first > start working the mobiles you will notice that your call sign will be > recognized immediately in just a few days." > > The County Hunter's Net prides itself on being a cooperative effort, rather > than a competition. Experience has shown that many more contacts can be made > during a short mobile run by avoiding the use of phonetics. This is a > departure from the norms of DXing, but if one allows a few days to grasp the > way things work they will soon discover they work the same mobiles over and > over in hundreds of different counties, and the mobiles work the same county > hunters and will learn a new persons call after a few mobile runs. We also > have a spotting network where one can see the correct callsign if they are > not sure of the mobiles callsign. > > While it may seem unusual to have procedures different from DXing, it should > not be unreasonable to expect to adjust one's operating to a new activity, > rather than expect an established net with hundreds of participants to be > expected to adjust to our ideas. > > It is a great activity, and the only way possible for one to complete working > all the US Counties. Within days or maybe a week or two, a newcomer will find > he recognizes most of the calls, and knows most of the participants by name. > Lack of phonetics is not any impediment to enjoying the net. > > So, if you would like to try working all the US Counties in a cooperative > effort, then join the nets and see if you like it. You might find it > refreshing to work a station for a needed contact who knows you by name, and > maybe will meet you at a convention. Competition is fun, but some activities > just don't require it. > > 73, > > Duane, WV2B > USA-CA All Counties 773 > 2nd Time all counties 286 > > > "You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it > will be too late." > Ralph Waldo Emerson > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe or subscribe to this list. Please send a message to > > imail...@njdxa.org > > In the message body put either > > unsubscribe dx-chat > > or > > subscribe dx-chat > > This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org > ----------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe or subscribe to this list. Please send a message to imail...@njdxa.org In the message body put either unsubscribe dx-chat or subscribe dx-chat This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org -----------------------------------------------------------
