Re: [DX-CHAT] Spotting Etiquette

2012-06-08 Thread Zack Widup
looking at the cluster. I saw several spots he > self-posted as from KL7A spotting A5A. What you said is not > always the case. KL7A is listed on the A5A web page as one of the operators > there. > - Original Message - > From: "Barry" > To: > Cc: > Sent:

Re: [DX-CHAT] Spotting Etiquette

2012-06-08 Thread JIM Abercrombie
e 07, 2012 8:01 PM Subject: Re: [DX-CHAT] Spotting Etiquette 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 h

Re: [DX-CHAT] Spotting Etiquette

2012-06-08 Thread Tom Wylie
I hate it when you get 6 sequential spots saying something like "P5AAA tnks QSO 9 bands" It contains no usefult information to the reader apart from "My dog's bigger than your dog"! GM4FDM On 08/06/2012 01:49, Gary K9GS wrote: Yes Barry! Kinda along the same lines are people that use t

Re: [DX-CHAT] Spotting Etiquette

2012-06-07 Thread Gary K9GS
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 r

Re: [DX-CHAT] Spotting Etiquette

2012-06-07 Thread Barry
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 don'

RE: [DX-CHAT] Spotting Etiquette

2012-06-07 Thread Dave White
ge - From: GERRY Sent: 07 June 2012 18:35 To: dx-chat@njdxa.org Subject: [DX-CHAT] Spotting Etiquette     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 th

RE: [DX-CHAT] Spotting Etiquette

2012-06-07 Thread Dave Gomberg
and like 10m, I can appreciate. - pjd From: kf...@njdxa.org [mailto:kf...@njdxa.org] On Behalf Of GERRY Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2012 12:35 PM To: dx-chat@njdxa.org Subject: [DX-CHAT] Spotting Etiquette Spotting etiquette has bugged me for a long time so I thought I'd vent. I really do

RE: [DX-CHAT] Spotting Etiquette

2012-06-07 Thread Peter W2IRT
xa.org] On Behalf Of GERRY Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2012 12:35 PM To: dx-chat@njdxa.org Subject: [DX-CHAT] Spotting Etiquette 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

[DX-CHAT] Spotting Etiquette

2012-06-07 Thread GERRY
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 e