>That was a transcription of an actial qso, you can copnfirm with W4AMP if you would like, other >calls left incomplete to protect he guilty.
No doubt, no doubt... I heard exactly the same junk on 14205 yesterday, and I'm sure it's going on on 18160 but fortunately I don't have to listen to it. However, I think any deviation from a solid 1) Throw out a partial 2) Work them, stick with them 3) *confirm the QSO* 4) QRZ? pattern is bound to get even those with *some* self restraint riled up and calling out of turn a bit. >if the DX station has persisted for 4 or 5 calls and others refuse to stand by whose fault is it? >What option does the DX then have to maintain control. We all need to shut up. There is nothing, ever, ever, ever ,ever that any DX including TI9KK could do that could possibly excuse not standing by for completion of a QSO. However, the overall health of the pileup does have a lot to do with *hope* vs. *despair* If you were one of the thousands of #1,#3,#4,#5,#6,#7, #8 or #9 EU waiting quietly and patiently while TI9KK worked #2 only for half an hour, and your heart leapt when she went "EU only" and then minutes later she goes back to *specifically calling* #1 USA, you are not going to be hopeful that you will get through. I'm trying to run a clean operation over here. If I think it's a nearly impossible QSO I'll just hang it up and wait for a more favorable shot. I personally think DXing would be more fun if everyone felt the same way about that. But the reality is that there are some folks out there who will be patient and quiet only up to a point and will break and start QRMing in their simple desperation to get through... To focus the discussion, if you've been listening for an hour as the DX calls #2 for a half hour, takes all callers for a while, then goes back to #1 after never cycling through the numbers, should you *really* respect the call for #1's only? Again, as soon as partial is pulled, every single person who doesn't have that partial needs to shut up, but I can't say the same for respecting a call for by-numbers or EU only or NA only when there's been no evidence of that actually working for anyone. Now back to Europe only on 17m, different op. Let's see how that goes. 73, Dan 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
