>On Wed, 21 Feb 1996, Garry Shapiro wrote:
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>>
>> Is it ethical? I think that, if it is used to protect oneself--i.e. as
>> a defensive weapon--it is probably OK. It seems a helluva lot more
>> ethical than deliberate splatter or key clicks from overdriving, or
>> deliberate QRM, as has been observed on more than one occasion. Not to
>> mention just out-and-out bullying of smaller stations by bigger ones.
>>
>
>Think of it as brake lights! Even a 100-watter like me can keep certain
>Texans off of my JA-running frequency by beaming some of my meager
>power SE. If I split my power in half, I only lose 1/2 S-unit on my main
>beam.
>
>73, Ward N0AX
What I don't approve of is the treatment I received by a European station
during the ARRL DX CW contest. I was cruising up and down 40 during the end
of the contest, looking for multipliers and a small hole. I found one, but I
was using a 250 Hz filter. I called CQ. No response. I worked 28 stations in
24 minutes, but something caught my ear and I stopped a CQ mid stream to
hear some one keying on me. Not a CQ, but a CW cursing. I associated this
with an earlier "QSY" with no call sign, no idea if they wanted me to go up
or down. It stopped, I called CQ again, no response, another CQ and a mid CQ
stop to find this station QRMing me zero beat. It appears that YT1AD was
being bothered by me and his idea of clearing a frequency is to dump QRM
right on you. I may have been close, but not on him. I did not intentionally
QRM him, like he did me. Then he directed a tirad of comments to me, once I
addressed his intentional QRM. This, I find, an unacceptable operating
practice. Intentional, directed QRMing of another contest station is not in
the spirit of the strongest station wins. If I had set ON his frequency, I
would have heard him. I didn't and I would not have been able to work 28
stations in 24 minutes. The contest was great! It was quit an experience and
this was the only truly sour experience.
73, K8Joe"Palooka", K8JP/VA2, VP5/K8JP, VP5JP
73, K8Joe"Palooka"
palooka@pyrotechnics.com
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