Hi The main pleasure not DXCC.
We love good and various propagation! > In my opinion, there is nothing wrong with working the same station on the > same band more than once. We used to do it all the time to assure we had > "insurance" contacts with someone we needed for DXCC or other award. > Online > logs and ClubLog has limited that need to some extent, but not everyone > has > a near-real time log we can check. > > Now, with the advent of the CQ Magazine's Annual DX Marathon, There is no > choice but to work the same stations EVERY year to achieve the CQ zone and > Country totals for the year long Marathon. > > I always hesitate to work the tough ones in a big pile-up if I have them > confirmed for DXCC, because I do not want to take the opportunity away > from > someone who needs them for a new band country. > > HOWEVER, I do try to work them eventually, usually when the propagation > favors my QTH, so I can add them to my totals for the year. > > If stations cannot understand that, they should get with the program... > They > could be in demand by everyone every year ! That should be something to > look forward to - being in demand ! > > I know this is different than thinking in the past, but that is the > reality > of today ! I already have 60+ DXCC on 160 in January 2018 alone 8^) > > 73, PeteR N8PR > > > > From: rayn6vr <[email protected]> > > In my mind, the station you are talking about is very inconsiderate and > lacking poor judgement. > It is a common thing to call and say hi to someone on TB when the condx > are > slow or poor propagation.? > If I were to get such an email, I would never work thay stn on any band, > any > mode, contest or not! > 73,Ray?N6VR? > PS would like to know who it is so that I don't have the same experience. > > ... > > HI Roger, > > Thanks for the message, and interesting about the station you mention and > his website saying "no dupes".? I was shocked when I was told not to work > the European station again.? I just checked his clublog and in 6.5 years I > had worked him a total of 3 times which to me does not sound too excessive > for the topband. > > It's like these guys think they are on some rare dx-pedition or something. > I just don't get it. > > I have received a few very nice e-mails from European stations since my > posting this morning telling me to call them anytime I hear them (which is > very nice). > > 73, > Don > > On Wed, Jan 31, 2018 at 8:12 AM, Mark K3MSB <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Don >> >> I read your post with some interest and dismay as something similar >> happened to me last November >> >> 160M Wasn?t producing anything at my SR so I dropped down to 80 CW.??? I >> worked a few stations, one of which showed up as being worked a few >> years >> earlier on 80 CW.???? At that time I was logged into the low band chat >> room >> and that same DX station was on and made a non-positive comment that he >> had >> ?two repeats? this morning.??? I checked his website and he clearly says >> ?No Dupes?. >> >> A lot of times I do not have my PC up and running in the morning before >> work;? if I make a contact I just enter it as memo on my phone and enter >> it >> into the actual log when I get back from work.?? Working these ?No Dupe? >> guys really doesn?t worry me per se,? but if I?m trying to work them and >> they decide not to respond as I?m a ?dupe?,? then it wastes my time to >> do >> so. >> >>? Last night there were some nice EU sigs on TB and I worked several of >> them (all ?repeats? but they didn?t seem to care). >> >> 73 Mark K3MSB >> >> >> > >> I personally will come on tonight about 0000Z . . . usually for about an >> hour . . . and then again about 0300Z, to see if there's stations >> further >> west. (there seems no point in coming on at our Sunrise, around 0730, as >> there is actually NO peak in signal these days) >> >> Roger G3YRO >> >> _____ >> >> From: Mark K3MSB [mailto:[email protected]] >> Subject: Re: Topband: 160m DX Activity Night >> >> >> So what's the accepted practice of working stations again and again on >> 160M? >> >> >> If I've worked you once or twice in the past I won't answer your CQ, >> unless >> you're CQing with no responses, but then probably not. I've found in the >> past that ops don't want repeat customers, they want fresh fish. >> >> >> I've been doing other thingsin the shack and have heard EU stations >> CQing >> and CQing on TB but I don't answer as they're in my log quite a few >> times. >> Should I answer? >> >> >> 73 Mark K3MSB >> >> >>************************** > > _________________ > Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband > Nick, UY0ZG _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
