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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Charles Harpole
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