Re: [DX-CHAT] numbers directional CQs

2008-02-22 Thread KR4DA
As N3OX said NA DXer, do you really, really, really want a 40m QSO? Don't sit there fuming while they call EU, drink a half gallon of water or set your alarm, go to bed, get up at 0900Z, work them in two calls and go back to bed. I have 20 contacts now. Exactly what I did Thursday early mornin

Re: [DX-CHAT] numbers directional CQs

2008-02-21 Thread Dan Zimmerman N3OX
>If an operation decides to do anything other than general calls then >by continent is fair -- just alternate regularly so one side doesn't >feel like they're getting the short-end I think the issue here is ops who *feel* they're getting the short end vs. ops who *are* getting the short end. I pe

Re: [DX-CHAT] numbers directional CQs

2008-02-21 Thread Peter Dougherty
At 06:58 PM 2/21/2008, Charles Harpole wrote: That's why I think IF ANY DIRECTIONAL CQ ARE CALLED FOR, then those should be requested BY NUMBERS, then who ever is loudest will get in and the DX op does not have to guess what geo area is best now. Of course, this method hurts weak sigs, so

[DX-CHAT] numbers directional CQs

2008-02-21 Thread Charles Harpole
That's why I think IF ANY DIRECTIONAL CQ ARE CALLED FOR, then those should be requested BY NUMBERS, then who ever is loudest will get in and the DX op does not have to guess what geo area is best now. Of course, this method hurts weak sigs, so maybe a mix of general calls, directional cal