I'm not surprised. We had similar results at V31TP. Consider that most of
our QSOs are with casual ops who haven't thought much about the rules of the
game. I expect when they hear "PSE QSY", they think we're trying to defend
our frequency from somebody who's just tried to horn in.
Consider also that some of the guys we want to move may not be copying us
that well because of crummy radios, line noise, etc. And while they may be
able to make a band change, it may be a pain -- change a PL-259 or two,
adjust an antenna tuner, etc.
I gained a little empathy for these guys as we worked a RI station that we
asked to move to 160. I forgot he'd previously told me he had no antenna
and asked him twice. I know another one of our ops asked him at least once.
I can just hear him on the other end, "Does he think I ran out and put a 160
antenna since our last !#@$ QSO?!" :-)
Robert K5PI
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Subject: [CQ-Contest] PSE QSY - Deer in headlights
Ok, let's open up a new thread...
Something that I have noticed for years is that when trying to get another
CW station to QSY to another band, typically because you need him as a
mult, I will get no response to the "pse QSY to ...such-and-such band"
request.
In last week's ARRL DX CW contest from PJ4X, we tried repeatedly to get
stations to move to other bands, but were more-often-than-not met with the
"deer in headlights" blank stare! In comparing notes over 807's after the
contest, we concluded that if the other station was loud and fast, there was
a
good chance that we would get a successful QSY. Otherwise, generally, no
response at all.
Can it be that so many stations are 1.) not really copying (or can't copy)
the code, 2.) not interested or able to go to another band, or 3.) quickly
moving off the frequency before we can even send the QSY request? With
respect to the last point, we tried different canned QSY requests in our
"TU"
message. We tried "R PSE QSY TO ...", "TU PSE QSY TO ...", and bluntly
"PSE QSY TO ..." My guess is that we got successful responses to less than
10% of the requests to QSY.
Your thoughts please.
73, George, K5KG
George Wagner, K5KG
Sarasota, FL
941-400-1960 cell
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