A DXpedition certainly has the right to operate any way that they want.
I will never argue against that. However, with the stated goal of making
as many QSOs as possible (you made a reference to 4th highest DXpedition
QSO total ever!) why not work the W6 and give a power? A QSO is a QSO!
Then work some other guys. Just because they are in a contest does not
make them less valuable QSOs to either side.
Randy, K5ZD
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Donald I Field [SMTP:g3xtt@lineone.net]
>Sent: Saturday, March 07, 1998 4:39 AM
>To: cq-contest
>Subject: [CQ-Contest] 9M0C & ARRL Contest
>
><snip>
>At one stage I was operating 9M0C on 15 SSB and QSYed to 15 CW to oblige some
>JA stations
>with a CW QSO, and was pounced on by a W6 who called repeatedly. I called
>"QRZ no ARRL contest" two or three times and the guy kept calling, so I
>assumed he genuinely wanted this for a new one, gave 599 report, and got
>back "599CA, ur power please". When I refused to play, another, even
>louder, N6 landed on me and quite deliberately started calling CQ contest
>on top. This was an N6 who we had worked on 160 a couple of nights before,
>presumably for a new one. That's what I call gratitude ...
>
>
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