Regrettably, it is not a contest-only behavior. I hear the behavior all the
time when I operate from XV.
73, Larry W6NWS
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Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2013 15:04:13 -0500
From: "Gary Smith" <Gary@ka1j.com>
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Subject: Topband: Coupla things
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- It is a contest so the stronger and more savvy will wrangle
contacts from those less able. I do find it disquieting to have
someone obviously trying to copy my call and another contester come
on top of my attempts and with their stronger signal, send their call
over mine so the other person hearing them clearly replies to them
instead. I'm running legal limit and the guy overpowering me is 20
over so I know he heard me, he just pushed me aside like a shopper at
Macy's Bargain Basement. Yes it's a contest but I don't find that
kind of bullying to carry much honor.
Gary, et al.:
That happened to me more than a few times, too. I was surprised and
disappointed by how many seemed to take a DX station's "WA9?" as an
invitation to reply from an entirely different call area or with a vastly
dissimilar prefix. And, except in the few cases where the DX op was kind
enough to persist, I was usually shouldered aside in the resulting
"shouting match."
Contest or no, I sincerely hope this doesn't represent the new norm for the
"Gentleman's Band."
73,
Mark -- WA9ETW
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