And I thought this to be a European ( Southern ! ) problem ! The entry level for ham radio must be too low these days.
73 " RAG " Ragnar Otterstad LA5HE JW5HE OZ8RO Located in Telemark - Home of skiing. For more information about Telemark take a look at : www.telemarksnett.no/en/index.html I heartily second all the observations and sentiments. I worked the KH8 on two bands. That was never an issue for me luckily. But what amazes me was that there were people not only calling and calling with nothing resembling the call fragment from the DX station but they were all over the band. Not even close to where the DX station would even be listening. I would love to here the mindset or philosophy of these folks as to how they think the DX will come back to them, when their call bears no resemblance to what the DX asked for nor are they even calling where the guy is even listening. I worked him because I spent 99% of the time LISTENING and for a long time by the way. gd luck and gd DX 73 DE Todd WB2ZAB On Jul 30, 2006, at 11:21 AM, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote: > 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 > 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
