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 Sendt fra min iPad Air 2 > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > wsjt-devel mailing list > wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wsjt-devel > _______________________________________________ > wsjt-devel mailing list > wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wsjt-devel > _______________________________________________ > wsjt-devel mailing list > wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wsjt-devel
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