Well, I heard lots of the "dump it in" behavior. From my 3830 posting:
[snip]
It never ceases to amaze me how many guys want to use brute force instead of
finesse
to snag a needed one.
[end snip]
I worked one "rare" mult who had a giant pileup up (I used the above method:
finesse).
While listening first, before calling, I heard one W2 caller in particular (HP)
who was
being totally LID-ish (not listening and/or copying). I worked the DX (with my
QRP) and
moved on. Later, probably 10 minutes, I happened to tune across the pileup
again and, you
guessed it, the HP lid was still not listening and still blindly dumping it in.
Very productive....
NOT!
MY OTHER NOTABLE OBSERVATION:
If they guy you're calling is not getting your call, SLOW DOWN. I heard many
of the USA
M/M's dumping it in. The DX came back with their partial or busted call. The
US guys seem
to forget that CW has a speed control. What a waste of time. If the DX can't
copy 40 wpm,
do you think sending your call 3x, 4x, or 5x is going to teach him how to copy
faster?
Even worse, not uncommonly, the DX never got the caller's callsign correct.
But the caller,
knowing how the CQWW log analysis system works (busted calls have no impact on
the caller,
but rather only on the logger), simply moves off, knowing full well that their
call was busted
in the other guys log. The M/M gets credit while the poor DX he works gets
dinged. SHAME!
For goodness sake, just SLOW DOWN so the DX can copy you. It takes more time
to do it
the wrong way and end up with one party getting dinged for a busted call.
Teach your
op's how to QRS on cw. Honestly, QRSing to 25 wpm is just NOT THAT SLOW! Do
the right
thing!
de Doug KR2Q
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