[3830] ARRLDX CW W6YA SOSB/10 HP

[w6ya@cox.net]

                     ARRL DX Contest, CW
                    
Call: W6YA
Operator(s): W6YA
Station: W6YA

Class: SOSB/10 HP
QTH: CA
Operating Time (hrs): 26
 

Summary:
 Band     QSOs  Mults
----------------------
  160:              
   80:              
   40:              
   20:              
   15:              
   10:   1219    112
----------------------
Total:   1219    112  =  409,248

Club: SCCC

Comments:

Great conditions, no power line noise, no solar flares, and great conditions 
made this a fun contest.  It was a delight to have such solid propagation to 
Europe from the west coast for much of the daytime on both Saturday and Sunday. 
 

The only sour note in these DX contests continues to be the occasional 
frequency stealing "big gun" tyrant.  It continues to amaze me that operators 
who otherwise have great abilities will land on a new frequency, initiate CQ, 
and ignore responses from those who come back with "QRL, PSE QSY."  Why do 
these types continue, in spite of obviously landing on a busy frequency?  A 
response from the occupant should suffice for them to move on.  It doesn't.  
Tactics like this are NOT inherently part of the sport.  They keep trying to 
bully their way into the frequency.  Are they the same ones who cheat by 
running illegal QRO in contests?  Are these people the same types who would 
throw their golf balls from the rough when nobody is watching?  Apparently 
there are still contesters who, in spite of their abilities with operating, 
have yet to learn the meaning of "sportsmanship."  Without any attempt at peer 
pressure to influence these poor tactics, contesting can hardly be considered a 
"sport."

Fortunately, 95% of contesters are beyond such poor tactics.  Can we possibly 
get the other 5% to grow up?

73, Jim


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