I want to apologize to anybody who was offended by my comments. They were not
meant to be disrespectful in any way towards anybody. The wink at the end was
supposed to signify that a joke was being made, but apparently it was taken as
something other than that. Again, I apologize to all our ham friends down
south.
Still, some stations giving their callsigns so fast and without phonetics so
that they sounded like a single word was a problem, at least for me. Maybe it
wasn't for others.
Mike, W7VO
----- Original Message -----
From: "David J. Sourdis" <hk1kxa@hotmail.com>
To: "CQ contest" <cq-contest@contesting.com>, "dx colombia"
<dxcolombia@elistas.net>
Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 7:25:56 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] A couple of post-CQWW observations
Where was the moderator when this display of ignorance and disrespect came on?
The implications of the sentence marked in bold letters are clear and
reinforced by the wink sign.
"The other thing I ran into were stations, especially in Central and South
America that gave their callsigns super fast,
without phonetics, so it was just one brief unintelligible word with a heavy
accent.
Maybe too much caffeine from the coffee down there was involved, I don't
know..... ;-). "
David
HK1KXA
EC5KXA
PS: "El ladrón juzga por su condición" .
> Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:57:30 +0000
> From: micritz@comcast.net
> To: cq-contest@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] A couple of post-CQWW observations
>
> Not acknowledging contacts is one pet peeve of mine as well! Some stations
> end the contact by moving on to the next contact, which seems rather rude and
> abrupt to me.
>
> The other thing I ran into were stations, especially in Central and South
> America that gave their callsigns super fast, without phonetics, so it was
> just one brief unintelligible word with a heavy accent. Maybe too much
> caffeine from the coffee down there was involved, I don't know..... ;-).
>
> Stations that don't identify often were another peeve. As a small gun "hunt
> and peck" station, having to sit and listen to somebody for 5 minutes work a
> pileup only to find that they were a already somebody you worked the day
> before was frustrating.....
>
> I also noticed several stations right at the band edges for long periods of
> time. There was a W3 station that seemed to make a home at the very, very
> bottom of 20M for hours on end. (Although admittedly I did get within 1.5 kHz
> of the top end of 20 to quickly work a LZ yesterday. I am sure the Official
> Observer notice is already in the mail!.....)
>
> What I did not hear much of was deliberate interference, and I was glad to
> see that. There was some sort of news radio talk program in the middle of 20M
> that I am sure nobody could hear with all the CQing going on top of them.
> What the heck was that doing there?
>
> Had a great time, and thanks to everybody involved.
>
> 73'
> Mike, W7VO
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim Reisert AD1C" <jjreisert@alum.mit.edu>
> To: "cq contest" <cq-contest@contesting.com>
> Sent: Monday, October 26, 2009 11:27:03 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] A couple of post-CQWW observations
>
> 1. For the most part, running stations were identifying themselves
> often enough. 8P5A and PJ2T (and probably HC8A, I don't remember) were
> the standouts here. Way to go, guys!
>
> Pet peeve:
>
> QRZ <dx call>
> "AD1C"
> AD1C 59 <zone>
> "Thanks 5904"
> <dx call>
>
> So I did work him or not? Did he lose my puny signal in the
> QRM/QRM/QSB? Please say SOMETHING besides just your call. One
> station repeated the zone back to everyone. I liked that, especially
> since my zone doesn't match my callsign.
>
> 2. There were OH SO MANY USA stations operating too close to 7125.
> You may have seen comments in my packet spots, or announces directed
> at me, or from me on packet. If you don't know how LSB works, get
> your license manual and study up! There was similar problem on the
> high end of 20, but it was not nearly as bad as the low end of 40.
>
> I saw some unenlightened comments on the DX cluster about K3EST
> "policing" the bands. Please visit http://www.cqww.com people!
>
> 73 - Jim AD1C
>
> --
> Jim Reisert AD1C, <jjreisert@alum.mit.edu>, http://www.ad1c.us
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