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73,
Paul, N8HM
On Sun, Feb 24, 2013 at 12:22 PM, Charles Harpole <hs0zcw@gmail.com> wrote:
> I will always say NO to "QSY for points" requests because
> 1. they seem like manufactured contacts to me,
> 2. I am following my own plan and this would be a disruption of it,
> 3. I must walk over to the window patch panel and unscrew coax and screw
> on a new band antenna, retune my rig, try to work the guy, and then go back
> to install my previous antenna and tune again.
> 4. I have had a number of failures to make contact in the past when I
> would try this... then a total waste, and
> 5. if I am running, I do not want to break my rhythm or lose my freq.
>
> So, a polite NO. 73, Charly HS0ZCW
>
> On Sun, Feb 24, 2013 at 10:27 PM, <Georgek5kg@aol.com> wrote:
>
> > 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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