But you also have to educate the DX operator who encourages this stupidity
by failing to observe good DX practices. As a "little pistol" I have lost
count of the number of times I have run into the following scenario:
After spending 15, 20, 30 minutes or more trying to work the DX (using all
of the usual tricks - tail-ending, calling slightly off frequency, trying to
time my call to be first one heard, etc) finally:
DX op - "QQ"
Me - "W2QQ" and my response is drowned out by a bunch of high power stations
not one of which has a QQ suffix
DX op - Instead of "only QQ" (which would be good practice) goes ahead and
works one of the stations who called over me
Me - "what the f.?" (in my head, not on the air)
So, now, do I continue to try to work this DX or do I move on to someone
else? Sometimes after this has happened a couple of times in a contest, I
switch off the radio and find another, more satisfying, activity.
There are some DX ops (maybe even a majority) who will not allow the
stations with the calling disease from taking over the pile-up; they will
ignore all the other callers and stick with the station they called out
until they have completed the contact. I'm sure their run-rate takes a
momentary hit, but they have controlled the pile-up and by maintaining order
I suspect improve their overall results.
On the other hand, by rewarding those with the calling disease, a DX op
merely helps to perpetuate the problem. Of course, it's not a problem for
him since he makes a contact whether it was with me or the station that
called over me.
So, I think there needs to be education of both the stations with the
disease and the DX operators who encourage it.
Joe, W2QQ
-----Original Message-----
From: cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com
[mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Peter Chamalian
Sent: November 28, 2011 08:38
To: cq-contest@contesting.com
Subject: [CQ-Contest] The Calling Disease...
A disease for sure. Calling no matter what the DX sends is commonplace
during DXpeditions but now it's run wild in CQ WW. The DX comes back to W4
and I hear N9, K6, W5, etc., calling and calling. Why? How do we stop this
stupid practice?
I don't name names, but there were a few stations who were perpetual
offenders this past weekend. Sure, we all make a mistake and call out of
turn, but doing it constantly is like a little kid who says me, me, me. Or
the woman who used pepper spray at a Wal-Mart to push her way to the front
of the line.
We all want the QSO. But causing the DX station to take more time to dig
out the call and make the QSO just slows everything down!
Let's have a discussion of this practice and reverse this trend!
Pete, W1RM
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