In a message dated 5/3/03 21:56:57 Eastern Daylight Time, w2ev@arrl.net
writes:
<< Ok...fess up. Who on this list has had a rover refuse to QSO them? Then
fess
up as to why -- truthfully. My bets are that (if it HAS happened) it's
because
your station on the band that you wanted to work them on was too piddly weak
to
waste time with...they're on a schedule, after all). Remember...THEY have a
strategy, too. It's not all about you. >>
Actually, I've had it happen a few times, usually because they will have a
sked coming up in 10 minutes or so. Once the guy wouldn't even try saying I
couldn' hear him and wouldn't hear me on 903 and 1296. I've got 4 X 33 el
loopers on 903 and 4 X 45 el on 1296 with 65 watts on each. The dude was
about 12 miles from me. If I can work K8GP to the west and K1WHS to the east
I probably would have heard him and he probably would have heard me.
It seems the problem is operating style. When I worked Dave in the Jan 03
contest, he showed up in one grid, hung out there for a while worked all he
could, then went to his next stop. Same as VE3OIL - he stayed in each grid
for 3-4 hours or so and in fact gave me several new grids on the higher
bands. The other style is - show up at 11:45, work main station at 11:55, hit
road at 12:00 to go 40 miles away for next sked at 12:45.
Personally, I don't care because if they aren't working me as a SO they
aren't working others. But, if you're trying to maximize your effect for the
main station you just don't have the time to work others.
Frank
W2FCA
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