[AMPS] QRO CQ callins

[Gilmer, Mike]

On Wednesday, May 19, 1999 10:59 AM, Jon Ogden [SMTP:jono@enteract.com]
wrote:
> 
> Running power can also be fun when you call "CQ DX."  I've worked (and

> confirmed) a TZ9 (Mali) who responded to a CQ.  I also had a blast a
week 
> or two ago working a bunch of S. American stations this way.  Several
of 
> them were either new hams or hams who could barely speak English.
These 
> guys would never have called "CQ DX" themselves, but they would work a
US 
> station calling.

This is perhaps the biggest thrill (unless I ever become K1AR and win)
that I get during DX contests (oops wrong reflector) - having rare
stations answer my CQs.  Africans seem to call in this way the most (to
the East coast, anyway). The thrill is so high I must bite my tongue
(finger) from spotting them on packet as "called in" - some guys
consider that rude.

This works best, BTW, when you are bloody loud (OK, right reflector!).

Mike N2MG




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