I try to be as polite as possible to offenders in the pile ups. I just don't log them. If the pile up gets too out of hand, I QRX and get a beer!
Mike, W1USN K2 #1964, K1 #1964 First Licensed in 1964 Boxford, MA USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] WN1DAE, WN1TPE, WA1TPE, NW1J, VE1/WA1TPE, DL/WA1TPE, G0/NW1J, EA7/NW1J, P4/NW1J, P4/W1USN, V31RN, 8P9CI, VP2ERN, V26NR, FS/W1USN, PJ8/W1USN, J75RN, J3/W1USN, V44/W1USN > -----Original Message----- > From: Tom Althoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 12:08 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [email protected]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] WA3WSJ: DX & Pileups > > Back in the 70's there was listening to a pileeup run by a > famous VK (or it > MIGHT have been a famous ZL) who was standing by for East > coast US stations > on 20M SSB from a little island in the Pacific. > > A W6 kept calling and calling. The VK asked "Are you on the > East coast" to > which the response was "You're 59 in California". > The VK said "Thank you. You are in the log. QRZ East coast > only. And if > anyone else wants to be in my log with a DO NOT QSL entry > next to their > callsign feel free to call me from anywhere other than the > East coast of the > US. > > The pileup became VERY well behaved after that. > > Haven't heard him do that in a long time and I don't know if > that W6 ever > was really blacklisted but when a DX station maintains > discipline...all > benefit. > > Tom K2TA _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
