[CQ-Contest] No US DX Only - ARRL DX

[Richard F DiDonna NN3W]

50 dupes?  I'd love that!  I had over ONE HUNDRED dupes in my log.

73 Rich NN3W
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <W8FJ at aol.com>
To: <CQ-Contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009 1:45 PM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] No US DX Only - ARRL DX


> As an operator from the Mult-Op station, N3RS, I can tell you that we are
> plagued with zero-point QSOs as well as Dupe QSOs.  We hate them, but we 
> have
> found that the easiest and quickest way to deal with them is to just work 
> them
> quickly and get them out of the way.  I was the 40M op and there  were 
> about
> 20 zero pointers and 50 dupes in my 1650 QSOs.  There was even  one duped 
> zero
> pointer (go figure?).
>
> John, W8FJ...
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> In a message dated 2/23/2009 1:02:26 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  b
> mwdink at eskimo.com writes:
>
>
> <snip>
>>Now, consider the amateur in a more difficult  to work state or province,
>>who has spent considerable time and effort,  not to mention money, and is
>>trying to win the contest but must work  hundreds of 0 point stations
>>whom may be covering up weaker DX stations  calling, one that count for
>>valuable points and  multipliers.
> <snip>
>
> Actually, this happened twice to me this  weekend alone and we
> aren't rare. Twice I had stateside 0 pointers call in  at the
> same time as DX called in. Once, the guy was very insistant
> that  he get worked first (maybe he didn't hear the DX - I'll
> give him the  benefit of the doubt). I worked and logged them
> all but this could be an  issue for Big Guns.
>
> 73
> dink,  n7wa
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