I believe Chen hit the nail on the head (as he usually does)
when he says, "definitely won't work well for 100 watts/vertical
guys.."
He's absolutely right. This dovetails right into what I was
discussing previously. It doesn't make a difference actually
in what 'procedure' is in place, since mobile/QRP/vertically
challenged operators are at a distinct disadvantage working
a DX station.
The current system devolves into chaos when the high power,
splatter generating, QRM creating, rude operating, list
chasing, (not everyone now, some are gentlemen - others are
not) "I worked you six times already, but not today, how are
ya doing?" hams hit the airways. This wastes QSO 'slots' and
the little guns lose the change to get thru, unless they're
lucky, or the DXv offers the opportunity.
In that regard rudeness still happens. The DX asks for QRP
and gets "I'm running QRP (900W instead of 1.5KW) today".
Or asks for a specific partial call to respond and gets a
plethera of calls, none of which contain any of the element(s)
requested.
Is it any wonder that frustration happens and little guys
give up after being shut out. It's OK to be patient; however,
the band 'does go south' and there is usually only a limited
window.
Whew ! Let me jump off my soap box.
Have a good day everyone. Thanks for reading.
73 de Phil - N8PS
Quoting Kok Chen <chen@mac.com>:
On Feb 5, 2014, at 10:58 AM, Kai wrote:
Pardon, but what does "QYF" stand for?
Bill made it up -- I think it stands for Q Your Frequency. Method
definitely won't work well for 100 watts/vertical guys like me.
Vy 73
Chen
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