I'm increasingly finding that if there was a way to, I'd request folks _not_
to spot me.
It used to be that before the Internet got involved, from the other side one
could see how spots propagated on packet & with the exception of highly
populated areas (W6 comes to mind), one could keep up.
But now - kaboom - all of NA is calling all at once. I was only goofing around
in ARRL DX SSB, but it wouldn't take long for the pile to instantly mushroom
& my rate to dip below three-per-minute. I'd pull the cans & wander off to
the kitchen to make a cup of tea, listening to folks calling & calling &
calling,
whilst at least one switched on chap would invariably chip in with "You
scared him away!".
73, BW2/VR2BrettGraham
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