Spotting etiquette has bugged me for a long time so I thought I'd vent.
I really don't understand why some folks want to tell us that they can't hear
the DX where they are. I thought the purpose of DX SPOTTING was to tell us
where (and by whom) the DX IS being heard. Imagine the traffic if
I'm of mixed feelings but on occasion I don't mind it to be totally honest.
If it's a nearby big gun station reporting no-copy once in a while I'm OK
with it. If it's constant then, no. Also, for BC, it's easy enough to block
either one constant annoying station outright or, if you're using a
I agree with this post completely.
At 10:25 6/7/2012, Peter W2IRT wrote:
I'm of mixed feelings but on occasion I don't mind it to be totally
honest. If it's a nearby big gun station reporting no-copy once in a
while I'm OK with it. If it's constant then, no. Also, for BC, it's
easy enough
Yes and no. Someone in London spotting that he can't hear the KH6 on topband
at noon on a midsummer day is of course as much use as a chocolate teapot. But
under some circumstances - for instance during disturbed conditions on the
higher bands or when deep QSB is the order of the day I'll
Bingo!
Even better is a spot asking a DXped to QSY to another band/mode. We
all know they monitor the Cluster and respond immediately to such
requests, NOT.
Barry W2UP
On 6/7/2012 10:35 AM, GERRY wrote:
Spotting etiquette has bugged me for a long time so I thought I'd vent.
I really
Yes Barry!
Kinda along the same lines are people that use the comments field to
talk to the DX station.
On 6/7/2012 7:01 PM, Barry wrote:
Bingo!
Even better is a spot asking a DXped to QSY to another band/mode. We
all know they monitor the Cluster and respond immediately to such
