Ok, let's open up a new thread...
Something that I have noticed for years is that when trying to get another
CW station to QSY to another band, typically because you need him as a
mult, I will get no response to the "pse QSY to ...such-and-such band"
request.
In last week's ARRL DX CW contest from PJ4X, we tried repeatedly to get
stations to move to other bands, but were more-often-than-not met with the
"deer in headlights" blank stare! In comparing notes over 807's after the
contest, we concluded that if the other station was loud and fast, there was a
good chance that we would get a successful QSY. Otherwise, generally, no
response at all.
Can it be that so many stations are 1.) not really copying (or can't copy)
the code, 2.) not interested or able to go to another band, or 3.) quickly
moving off the frequency before we can even send the QSY request? With
respect to the last point, we tried different canned QSY requests in our "TU"
message. We tried "R PSE QSY TO ...", "TU PSE QSY TO ...", and bluntly
"PSE QSY TO ..." My guess is that we got successful responses to less than
10% of the requests to QSY.
Your thoughts please.
73, George, K5KG
George Wagner, K5KG
Sarasota, FL
941-400-1960 cell
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