K3ZO's "don't ask first" philosophy

JPontek at aol.com JPontek at aol.com
Fri Aug 11 09:54:45 EDT 1995


On Wed, 9 Aug 1995, N2IC wrote:
> On a more sarcastic note, it was really gratifying to note in the NAQP how
> quickly K3ZO's "don't ask first" philosophy has spread within the contest
> community. Really appreciated the "CQ NA" dumped on top of my 10 meter
QSO's,
> who were, no doubt, within the skip zone of the offender.
> 
And from Fred:

>1) Apparently from the way I worded my original remarks, many people did 
>not notice that I said that I always listen to a frequency carefully for 
>several seconds before trying to use it, and that if it becomes obvious 
>that it indeed was in use, I move.

I wonder if N2IC, and others, listen as well as they read?  Maybe they are
the ones who are jumping on an already in-use frequency?

K8Joe"Palooka"
jpontek at aol.com




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