I've heard the station running the pileup say "full calls only",
"last two only" "south America only" and a lot of other things. One fellow in
Central America always specifies "last two using standard phonetics only".
Guess he has no sense of humor. Some DX stations take a list of last two
only, then work it off. But clearly, there are DX ops who take the loudest
and most obnoxious first.
I wish we were all ladies and gentlemen, but clearly if you want to work the
DX, you've got to decide what will work in each particular case. Just my two
cents worth.
73 Ron KG2BN
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From: Larry Vito[SMTP:k4ooo@juno.com]
Sent: Thursday, July 29, 1999 10:08 AM
To: W1HIJCW@aol.com
Cc: cq-contest@contesting.com
Subject: [CQ-Contest] Re: Two letter, or partial, calls
It also might help if the person calling CQ would simply and calmly
mention, "full call signs only please" if and when he or she feels it is
getting out of hand. I've heard it done from time to time, but maybe it
should be done more often as a reminder that the practice is not
acceptable. Simply ignoring the "two letter" call IMHO doesn't convey any
message. It just makes the offender assume that they haven't been heard
yet and the call gets louder.
Larry Vito, k4ooo@juno.com
On Mon, 26 Jul 1999 22:27:58 EDT W1HIJCW@aol.com writes:
>
>
>> When will they realise that two letters only and
>> stupid list systems do not increase your run rate, which is the
>objective
Snip>
>> There MUST be a way of teaching operating technique to radio
>> amateurs. Otherwise we have a hobby totally out of control. I could
>go on...
>>
>It's really simple -- it's called negative reinforcement -- if the
technique
>is poor, don't work them ... Undoubtedly some of the people will figure
out
>that if they do give a full callsign, they get a QSO quicker, and
>maybe the
>lesson will stick. It works for my dog. --- and for the ones who
>don't
>figure it out --- well, that was Darwin's point.
>
>Cheers/73,
>
>Bill
>W1HIJ
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