I would like to approach this idea with some set of principles that everybody
can agree on...so here goes...
#1 Maximize QSO rate#2 Minimize blind callers
Just those two principles are enough to say we should do whatever we can to
reduce blind callers which will also help to maximize QSO rate as they are
inversely relates (i.e. fewer blind means > qso rate).
Now...to take the logic to the extreme...if all callers were blind then the QSO
rate would be zero...quite obviously an undesirable situation. As the % of
blind callers reduces the QSO rate increases...and the QSO rate is maximized
when nobody is blind (notice we're not considering band conditions here as that
is not something we can anything about).
So...given the two extremes which should we strive to support?
"good enough" is for horseshoes and hand grenades as the saying goes. So why
would we NOT try to minimize blind callers when it's an easy software change to
do so? This would have no changes on the fox side...only the hounds....
de Mike W9MDB
On Saturday, June 30, 2018, 11:13:07 AM CDT, Bill Somerville
<g4...@classdesign.com> wrote:
Hi Mike,
we are not hear to determine how operators at a DXpedition site choose to
operate, we are not aware of conditions on the ground. If they feel that they
are getting optimum rates without calling CQ then that is their choice.
Remember that calling CQ from a rare entity can result in a passband 100% full
of pile up, they may have tried it and decided it doesn't help the QSO rate.
73
Bill
G4WJS.
On 30/06/2018 17:05, Black Michael via wsjt-devel wrote:
But what about them receiving all these calls in the blind? Isn't that
going to interfere when they try to respond to people who can't hear them?
Mike
On Saturday, June 30, 2018, 11:04:11 AM CDT, Bill Somerville
<g4...@classdesign.com> wrote:
On 30/06/2018 16:57, Black Michael via wsjt-devel wrote:
OK...so it appears the CQ every 5 trasnmissions is NOT enforced unless Fox
clicks the "More CQs" box. We'd be a lot better off if this was always forced
and Hounds were restricted to only answer CQ's. This explains why we don't see
the CQ's and calling blind is normally necessary (as long as you can see KH7Z
that is).
if(m_tFoxTxSinceCQ >= m_foxCQtime and ui->cbMoreCQs->isChecked()) {
de Mike W9MDB
Hi Mike,
it should be reasonable to assume that if the Baker Is. operators are not
enforcing regular CQ calls then they have plenty of callers to keep the
to-be-worked queue populated with more stations than Tx slots and a QSO rate
that is high.
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