Why do they do it? Two reasons:
(1) Some don't know better. They were never shown the ropes, or they've learned by observing, and unfortunately, they've observed bad examples. (2) It works. I've been in too many pileups, over the years, where the DX has said "the Alpha Whiskey" or "the W N 3 only," several totally unrelated calls have come back, and he WORKED them instead of trying for me (or whomever) again. So the learned behavior is to call on any partial call, even unrelated, because too many DX will work the loudest signal coming back. Oh yes, there's a third reason. It has to do with the inherent nature of certain DX hogs themselves, but in order to accurately describe this type, I'd have to use language that isn't permitted on this reflector. 73, ron w3wn -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jim Reisert AD1C Sent: Sunday, July 30, 2006 11:21 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [DX-CHAT] How do we make better DXers? It was frustrating and sad to listen to the KH8SI and 4O3T pileups this weekend (mostly SSB). When the DX station says, "The station with 7 in the call, ending in Germany" why do unrelated calls from all over the country continue to call? When the DX station comes back to a full callsign, why does the pileup size diminish only by half, rather than "all but one"? It makes it impossible for a better DXer to find the station being worked because so many others are still calling. The rate of these DX stations is being hindered by out-of-turn callers. When the rate is hindered, fewer people can work the DX station. Especially limited-time operations like KH8SI. It made me sad to be a DXer this weekend. My QSO with KH8SI on 17 meters took THREE go-arounds because they could not get my call (presumably because of all the people still calling). That's TWO MORE possible QSOs that were wasted by the out-of-turn callers. OUT-OF-TURN CALLERS ARE SETTING A BAD EXAMPLE, RUINING IT FOR THEMSELVES AND EVERYONE ELSE! 73 - Jim AD1C -- Jim Reisert AD1C, 7 Charlemont Court, North Chelmsford, MA 01863 USA +978-251-9933, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, http://www.ad1c.us Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, [email protected] This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, [email protected] This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org
