>After they sign off VP6DX sends qrz up. I go up 5 and call and he sends >back "KA2BZS we worked before QRZ"
I know they want to discourage duping but most people who dupe are doing it because they didn't think they got in. It doesn't really take that much longer to send "KA2BZS 5NN" than "KA2BZS B4" If we didn't have such a problem with idiot constant callers and people calling before the "QRZ?" this would rarely be a problem, but I've had occasional trouble with completing hard QSOs with big DXpeditions when they THINK they have you OK and they don't. I raised TX5C's attention on 160m and they had me as N3MX ... I sent my call five or six more times with them listening for me and their confirmation at the end got lost in the static crashes. I don't know if I got lost in the QRN or just in the din of the pileup that heard my "de N3OX N3OX N3OX 5NN BK" and started calling right then, but I lost the QSO as far as I'm concerned. I *don't* know if I lost the QSO as far as TX5C was concerned. I would have hated to work them in the clear later on in the night and just be told "B4" (though I would have taken it, I got no chances at all after that ;-) ). I want the chance for a QSO I know is a QSO. I suspect most people won't be chronic dupers for the sake of boredom but maybe I'm wrong about that? 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
