[CQ-Contest] Packet Cluster Practices

[Joe Subich, W4TV]

"Can't hear them," "Where are they,"  "Why are they working xxx 
and not me?" comments are all a major PITA.  If it is something 
relatively rare and folks have set alarms on their terminal 
software, flagged those entities for SMS alerts, or flagged 
those entities for pager notification, all the extra BS is 
akin to "spitting in someone else's soup."

If you want to make those comments - DON'T do it as a "DX Spot." 
Use one of the other features (Announce?) that the rest of us 
can filter out. 

73, 

   ... Joe, W4TV 

   

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com 
> [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of w0mu
> Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2005 11:01 PM
> To: 'Cq-Contest'
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Packet Cluster Practices
> 
> 
>  Bill I have to agree, the Can't hear them spots actually 
> helped here too.  I can't recall such odd propagation ever 
> as a ham.  Generally the pacific from Colorado is like 
> shooting fish in a barrel.  Not so this time.  I can't
> recall ever hearing the east coast work the pacific in the 
> afternoon where we could not hear the station.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com
> [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Bill Coleman
> Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2005 6:58 PM
> To: Alan Zack
> Cc: Richard Zalewski; Cq-Contest
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Packet Cluster Practices
> 
> 
> On Oct 3, 2005, at 12:12 AM, Alan Zack wrote:
> 
> > What I really hate is people reporting they DON'T hear the DX!
> 
> Actually, I find that useful. During the K7C expedition, I 
> often could not
> hear the station at all. I wondered if my rig was broken, or 
> my feedline
> disconnected. To realise that other people could not hear 
> either is quite
> helpful.
> 
> The type of stuff that's completely useless is the comments 
> directed toward
> the DX. Do they really think that K7C is spending any time 
> watching the
> messages in the packetcluster?
> 
> Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL        Mail: aa4lr at arrl.net
> Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!"
>              -- Wilbur Wright, 1901
> 
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