Absolutely. I couldn't have put it better.
I've not been licensed as long as Osten, and in fact I was a very small pink
thing in nappies in 1962, but certainly whilst I've been on the air (18 years)
deliberate QRM seems to have got worse. Perhaps the DX cluster has brought
more people to interesting DX stations' frequencies, and thus a greater number
of idiots even assuming that the idiot percentage has remained the same.
I think thast it's also a feature of old timers everywhere to look back on
the old days with rose tinted spectacles. Speaking of which, my wife tells me
that I sound more like my Dad every day in my opinions of the world. Now
THAT's worrying..... :-)
Dave G0OIL. Getting older and grumpier, apparently.
Dave AA6YQ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Each new advance
brings those who would misuse it.
Seek their repair,
for time will not run backwards.
73,
Dave, AA6YQ
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Osten B Magnusson
Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 5:04 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; dx-chat List
Subject: Re: [DX-CHAT] BS7H INTO NE USA
The deliberate QRM started to be real bad when the worldwide DX-clusters came
up on Internet. it wasn't difficult to work
BS7H in 1994 (not OK for DXCC), 1995 and 1997. Close down all DX-clusters and
working DX will again be a pleasure!
73/DX de Osten SM5DQC on the air working DX since 1962 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
----- Original Message -----
From: DAVE WHITE
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; dx-chat List
Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 10:47 AM
Subject: RE: [DX-CHAT] BS7H INTO NE USA
Guys, unfortunately this has become the situation here in Europe. .
I really don't know where the mass of deliberate QRM comes from, though
mostly it seem to be from east or south-east into England so could come from
anywhere in Europe. Certainly a lot of the undisciplined cretins seem to be
Italians, though I'd certainly not state that it's ALL from Italians, nor that
ALL Italians are bad operators. Many a time I hear a pileup, and the DX is
asking for (say) "Alpha Bravo Charlie ONLY", but listening through the QSX
spread I still hear so many without ANY of those letters in the call still
shouting away. OK, maybe we can all mis-time a call and double with the DX,
but surely most simply aren't listening.
Just the other day JT1Y told everyone to QRX, then asked for United Kingdom
stations only - and all the deliberate QRM started immediately: whistling,
keying, white noise, swearing, blowing raspberries etc. It's just comical.
I don't know how to explain why some people would deliberately send QRM over a
DXpedition. Perhaps patience is a lost art. Perhaps self discipline is a lost
art. Certainly here in the UK, respect for other human beings is now a lost
art, particularly in the cities where gangs of feral youths terrorise
neighbourhoods, vandalise anything in sight and stab of shoot each other.
Education is long dead in this country and has been for a generation thanks to
idiot politicians, do-gooders and political correctness - and maybe the results
of this failure are making their way across society.
Perhaps the activities of IT9RYH and IK1JUO have got the Italians an even
worse reputation and have caused everyone's patience to wear thin, but that
doesn't excuse what went on yesterday.
I';d agree that Sourthern Europe probably has good propagation to BS7 most of
the time - they seem to have good propagation everywhere most of the time -
though here in Northern Europe propagation windows are much shorter. That was
particularly pronounced with N8S. I'd also agree that an expedition should
give time to difficult-to-reach parts of the world, but the way things are at
the moment, if BS7H had called for North America only yesterday, then there
would probably have been bedlam.
Dave G0OIL
Peter Dougherty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>I am not by any means a newcomer to DX, but THIS is worse than ever
>-- and no one can blame the US lids for it!!! Call by numbers is
>fine -- as long as WE can hear what numbers the DX is calling!!.
>
>Shame on the world's hams!!
I Couldn't agree more. I was listening all day on both CW and SSB and
the degree of insanity I heard was unlike anything I've ever heard
anywhere, ever. I've never operated on CB but could it have been any
worse than 14185 was today? Time for a good Rettysnitching, I say.
I really don't understand what it is with (southern) European hams'
attitudes. If you believe any of the propagation prediction programs,
Europe generally has propagation to BS7 24 hours a day on at least
one band, often as many as 5 or 6 bands are good simultaneously, so
if the Scarborough guys are QRV chances are EU DXers will get a much
better shot at them than NA will. Serious European DXers will likely
get them on several bands and modes. Yet in the 3 hour window for NA,
these clowns won't stand by or stop bitching on the DX frequency.
On the other hand, it would also be nice if the team would call NA
for a few hours at a time; seemed like it was JA and EU day all day
long. I'm sure that will change in the next day or two, so I'm not
too worried. Yet .
I don't know what the answer is; perhaps the DX operators once in a
while should have a listen to their TX frequency and administer the
clue bat when things get bad. Maybe along the lines of "since you are
so badly behaved, no more Europe for the next 12 hours," and hold to it.
Cheers,
Peter,
W2IRT
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