I totally agree. But given the fact that many contesters don't even send
"?" or "QRL?" and start CQing right away, I simply thought that waiting for
a fair amount of time and then and only then (NOT inmediately) making sure
by sending "QRL?" would be a better practice.
In the end all comes down to the DX Code of Conduct Rule #1 (which also
applies to contesting):
"I will listen, and listen, and then listen again before calling"...addendum:
"or attempting to steal a frequency during a contest" :-)
Vy 73.
Martin, LU5DX
On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 8:02 PM, Tom W8JI <w8ji@w8ji.com> wrote:
> Please consider that you may not be able to hear station B sending his
>> exchange to station A (the "frequency onwner"), because of cndx. Depending
>> on the contest exchange and code speed that may take more than five-ten
>> secs eventually.
>>
>
> IMO finding what appears to be a lapse in use, and immediately sending a
> "QRL?" (or worse a "?"), is just a ploy to justify horning in at someone
> else's expense. Especially when they were there but busy, and they let the
> other fellow know ASAP.
>
> I know digging weak signals out often takes far more than 5-10 seconds.
> Not only do you have some impatient person who hasn't listened for even a
> few seconds sending "QRL?" on top of the weak signal that you almost
> finally copy, you are also demanded to bow down to the impatient person by
> telling him "RRR". A station with his panties on fire, because he cannot
> listen for 10-20 seconds, often will not take a "dit" or "dit-dit" as a
> sign the frequency is in use.
>
> Thankfully most people don't operate that way, and have at least a
> marginal amount of patience.
>
> If everyone thought the same way contesting would be a big collection of
>> people insulting each other over the weekend.
>> Not one minute, not ten seconds without sending "QRL?" either, some middle
>> ground "in between".
>>
>
> Most people, I think, are reasonable about it. The immediate "QRL?" who
> can't listen 10-20 seconds before sending "QRL", and then expecting an
> immediate acceptable response to his standards, is fairly rare. On the
> other hand, I have had people send "dit dit dit", and then in seconds,
> call a CQ and not stop.
>
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