It doesn't make qrm unless you start calling on the DX's frequency. But in that 
case it's a nuisance. I have no problem with lots of stations calling me as 
long as the stay off my tx frequency.

73 de Tom JW6VDA

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> 10. apr. 2019 kl. 16:24 skrev DX Jami via wsjt-devel 
> <wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net>:
> 
> Tim,
> 
> Everything the others have said is true.  But it is a matter of perspective 
> too.  
> 
> Sometimes people click on a DX or desired station whenever they see it pop on 
> their Band Activity screen.  This station [the "clickee" :-) ] often appears 
> without showing its grid square.  Sometimes the "clicked" or DX station may 
> be doing an FT8 exchange with another station.  In my opinion, we do not want 
> to click on a station ... DX or not while they are in QSO with another 
> station.  Besides being rude, that practice sometimes generates deliberate 
> QRM on the freq and nobody makes a QSO then.  I am sometimes a DX station 
> when operating from Hawaii, and that practice not only slows the process 
> down, but it also can bust a number of QSOs.  Often, I will not respond to an 
> FT8 station who breaks in like that, and I know other DX operators who share 
> my thought.  
> 
> Having said that, it seems like some stations call after a final "73"  
> concludes the previous FT8 contact.  That is probably OK and the "responding" 
> or "clickee" station's grid is sent unlike when a station simply QRMs and 
> attempts to break in.
>         
>         73,
>         Danny 
>         W4/AH6FX
>   
> On Tuesday, April 9, 2019, 3:02:37 PM EDT, Bill Barrett <w2pky...@gmail.com> 
> wrote:
> 
> 
> Tim-
> They are simply trying to get the Q over a little faster.
> DXpeditions like callers to start with S.R. so their Q rate/hour is maximized
> Bill W2PKY
> 
> On Tue, Apr 9, 2019 at 2:29 PM Timothy Hickman <timothyhick...@comcast.net> 
> wrote:
> I have noticed lately that when I send CQ on FT8 A few stations respond 
> with the signal report not their grid square.
> 
> Is there something here I do not understand?
> 
> Tim
> 
> N3JON
> 
> 
> 
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