Re: [DX-CHAT] Culture Change on DX Cluster?

2007-11-01 Thread Dan Zimmerman N3OX
I think it's fine if you're rare DX and not getting any responses... However, I've come to think no one should ever spot someone that already has a pileup. Obviously self spotters are too busy at that point to spot... Pipe dream, of course. Never gonna happen because people like to brag to the

Re: [DX-CHAT] Culture Change on DX Cluster?

2007-11-01 Thread harris_ruben
Maybe it's just me, but I always liked to put my headset on and tune, tune, tune. I'll look at the cluster to get an idea how the bands are, but I always loved to just... tune around. Especially on 17! N2ERN Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post

RE: [DX-CHAT] Culture Change on DX Cluster?

2007-11-01 Thread Ron Notarius W3WN
During non-contests, I don't see anything wrong with someone saying -- ONCE -- here I am! Every 10 minutes, that's excessive. If the band is crowded, and the station isn't that rare (me, for example), it's probably not a wise idea anyway. But if the band isn't crowded, how else can people know