Limited duration DXpedtions are self limiting for my QRP example.
Typically, the pileups are too big for QRP to be successful.
The USUAL reason for duplicate QSO's is that the caller is NOT
sure he made a contact. Vindictive DXpeditioners ASSUME that
everyone has 100% copy at ALL times and waste considerable time
chewing out repeat callers. I had such a situation on a Pacific Island
DXpedition which I needed on 10M. The DX station gave a report to
K4KG which I suspected was in response to me, N4KG. I sent my
call and heard R TU. I continued to call since K4KG is also an
active DXer and I never heard him correct my call. He then proceded
to chew me out for 2 minutes for duping him.
Contesters have debated the DUPE issue long and hard and came
to the logical conclusion that it is more efficient to simply made the
exchange which maintains their rhythm and only takes 10 to 20
seconds vs. several minutes to admonish a repeat caller who may
not have even logged the original "QSO" due to QRM QRN QSB
etc.
One of the most offensive impediments is deliberate QRM. Fortunately,
that usually subsides if the DX station is making good progress in
reducing the pileup. Another MAJOR impediment is caused by
POLICEMEN whose "help" coincides with the time that the DX
station is transmitting vs. the random inadvertent caller who happened
to call on frequency (in sequence with other callers). Again, these
situations usually resolve themselves quickly. IMHO, the BEST
policy for the DXpedition operator is to simply log ALL QSO's and
move on without long editorial comments about possible duplicate
QSO's. Yes, some people do deliberately dupe but that is a very
small percentage. Would YOU like to be the guy to got snubbed
by the DX station when you did not hear the original response?
Here is another example: I KNOW I worked FO0AAA on 9 bands CW
and 8 bands SSB. My QSL's listed only 8 bands CW and 7 bands SSB,
omitting 20M CW and 15M SSB. I can only assume that the operator
incorrectly logged those contacts. There is no doubt in my mind that
they came back to me on those bands where they had a BIG signal.
Fortunately, I did not 'need' those bands but it would have been nice
to have the all band QSL's for that operation.
de Tom N4KG
On Wed, 02 May 2001 Bill Horner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> The example you have quoted does in no way make any difference to
> what I have said.
> You have picked a time at the end of an operation when you believe
> that all and sundry have made the qso.
> unfortunately this is an extreme case where the actual operation was
> able to cater for all.
> Let us take a look at the recent VK9ML and TX0C operations. Both
> these countries are well up on the wanted list .. guess what they still
> are despite all operators doing their level best for the time that they
had on
> the operations. ... guaranteed that for every dupe that takes place on
> these type of operations means that some poor sole missed out..... I am
sure
> that u would not be impressed if that were u.
>
> Common sense must prevail if we are to perfect operational standards
> amongst the ranks. I am no better op than any one else but I go out of
my
> way to try not to dupe.
>
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