I noted a definite rise in the average IQ in this years bash... (IQ = Idiot Quotient) The DX station answers the howling pack with "N2?" and gets dozens of alphabetically challenged US stations cal
.. Idiot >Quotient) am baffled >how they found the DX in the first place or how they intend to copy him if >he does answer them... the >pack keeps on howling - I squirt my exchange and before he can
Yea! I gave up on an 80m pile that was not hearing me well enough to allow any control. Most of those calling had never listened or even heard me at all. Just an automatic jump from the computer. I c
Those poor operators you heard , were just that !!! POOR OPERATORS !!! Nothing else , the cluster didnt MAKE them call all the time, they personnally decided to do so ..... They have no pileup skills
IQ = Idiot Quotient ... Pileup skills were excellent. Especially for the chap in zone 33. Excellent operating as such, but compete ignorance and dishonest regarsing stations that do not have spotting
It gets real interesting when you work the zone 33 station without knowing his call. You send "5nn4 cl?", and all you get is dit dit. So, you say piss on it and spin the dial...there's lots of other
I've (mostly) solved that problem by replying with cl? and not sending my exchange until he responds with his call. That usually works, but sometimes the non-IDer sends TU or ditdit anyway, as in rea
If I don't hear the DX station give his/her call sign, I don't call. Even if I followed a spot from the cluster, I can only presume the call sign using the frequency. It is each operator's responsibi
If you needed ZONE 37 , and the station was gining 59937... Why wouldnt you call ? You would be wasteing operating time while you waited for him to ID VA3DX __________________________________________
I do not believe IQ is the problem, but rather it all boils down to the A, B, C, D and/or E's of Contesting as well as DXing in general: A = ( A )rrogant Selfish Attitude B = ( B )ully In The Schooly
If you needed ZONE 37 , and the station was gining 59937... Why wouldnt you call ? You would be wasteing operating time while you waited for him to ID CL? CL?, particularly the DX station. Listen fir
Author: "Paul J. Piercey" <p.piercey@nl.rogers.com>
Date: Fri, 05 Dec 2008 06:21:40 -0800
I think the point is "Why can't the running station give his call more often?" How could it be a waste of time to verify the call of the station you're calling? You'd still have to wait for him to gi
I don't think anyone advocates operators NOT giving their calls frequently, but it seems the traffic on this reflector is from those operators on the calling side of the pileup who are oh, so inconve
Kelly, I hope there was a typo in your exchange example. Take out K1TTT's callsign and insert mine in it's place. I'll be running QRP as well. Oh, and this contact will be on 160m. With my confidence
I've been watching this thread with interest and I think Kelly (VE4XT) hit it on the head. While I'm more of a Dxer than contester, being on "the other side" is worthy of comment. Many times having a
I don't think it is necessary to ID after every qso, but there are factors that make it a decision that can't be programmed into the computer before the contest as "ID every X QSOs": If after the pre
Kelly is right: there should be some ack to TTT before moving to K1AR. The point was to illustrate moving on to the next guy w/o opening up a general QRZ, since that's what the thread is about, not n
I believe some of the responsibility has to lay with the operator (driver) of the pile-up. I have heard generally orderly pile-ups get out of hand quickly when an operator allows it. In some cases, i
One of the MOST frustrating things I noticed at 6Y1V were all the times I'd send "DL4?" and a hundred guys, none of whom had DL4 in their calls, or even anything close, and were nowhere close to Germ
When I'm lucky enough to have this problem, I do it with an R or ROGER like this: me: K1TTT 5n 5 K1TTT: 5n 5 me: R K1AR 5n 5 K1AR: 5n 5 me: TU KD4D Or, on SSB, Roger. And I use "Thanks" for TU. If I