Last evening I spent a good amount of time listening to the TI9KK operation on
14.205. Frankly I was amazed that the YL op could get anything out of the
undisciplined, coontinuous-callling mess.
But I was absolutely horrified when after the YL signed off stations started
commenting that they hope they have better operators, and harshly criticizing
the operator. Do these ill-mannered people {without the nerve to identify}
realize that even though the op signed off she was likely still listening on
the frequency?
Perhaps the operator was not the most experienced, but did the pileup operators
do anyhting to make it the least bit easier on her? No. What about the station
in the Carribean who repeated the first 2 letters of his call phonetically for
20 seconds or more at a time? Or all the others who continued calling when the
call identified obviously was nothing similar to theirs? Multiply that by 10
and that was what the yL had to work through.
What about the General Class operators heard? Come on guys. If you want to be a
DXer spend $25 for the manual, memorize the answers and upgrade. Why do you
think you should be adding to your DXCC total by operating on frequencies not
allowed by your license? Too bad ARRL doesn't have the nerve to disqualify
these guys.
It amazes me that DXers appear to be reasonable people in their lives
otherwise. Most are professionals, but they can't figure out that transmitting
while the DX station is transmitting, when the call identified is not them, or
continuously for long periods of time is just stupid.
And, even on a simplex operation the policeman are there. The YL asked folks to
stand by for 5 minutes. of course, some kept calling. So certain stations felt
obliged to lecture the pileup for the whole 5 minutes about how they were
suppossed to be standing by, somehow missing the fact that they were also
ignoring the direction and not standing by. What good were they doing? And of
course, unidentified.
So, when criticism of the DX is considered, consider turning the DX mirror the
other way as well. If we take a good look we might be surprised what we see if
we take an honest look.
That YL went there to help others by giving them a contact. And they rudely
insulted her, and harshly criticised her. That was totally uncalled for, If you
want to criticize, criticize the operators who prevented her from doing a good
job.
If a guest came to your house and brought you a gift, would you criticize them
because you didn't think they did a good job wrapping it, or maybe wasn't what
you were expecting or hoping for? No that would be rude. So why do it to
Dxpeditioners. Threy went there to give you a gift, the actions of the
recipients prevented many from receiving the gift, and they blamed the giver.
Of course, surely these were all inexperienced Dxers just getting started,
right? Given a chance, hopefully they will learn better and not keep repeating
the same mistakes, right? And, when they take the time away from work and their
families, and travel on a boat for 40 hours, and live on the boat, and take a
rowboat into the jungle and operate I am sure they wikll show us just how it is
done, won't they?
Hopefully the YL did not hear those comments and won't decide to lump the whole
thing. She has good reason to.
73, Duane, WV2B
"The reward of a thing well done is to have done it."-
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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