[CQ-Contest] The Calling Disease...

[Larry]

I have been lucky enough to be on the other side in a DX
situation and the calling can be constant. As observed here
it doesn't matter what I might send many stations just
keep sending. For some stations I might be weak and they
may be lucky to figure out that I called them. They might be
depending on friends to tell them "he called you, send 599
now" (don't laugh, it's sad, but I have heard that kind of thing
more than once). Anything else (up, SA, Asia, EU, etc) is
considered a waste of time even if they understood it.
Many very strong signals also call constantly just not
as long as they are more easily heard and worked.

73, Larry  W6NWS
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chuck Milam, N9KY" <N9KY at arrl.net>
To: <CQ-Contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, November 28, 2011 12:24 PM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] The Calling Disease...


On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 7:38 AM, Peter Chamalian <w1rm at arrl.net> wrote:

> The DX comes back to W4 and I hear N9, K6, W5, etc., calling and calling. 
> Why?

My theory is that it is rooted in a lack of CW skills and experience.

If the operator is relying on a skimmer or decoder, they may only
recognize the sound of their own call, if anything.

So, hearing the DX station call for only "SA SA SA," "ASIA ASIA," or
"EU EU EU," won't register with them.  Even if they can "decode" the
letters, a casual CW operator may not recognize that the DX is asking
for calls from a different region.

-- 
Chuck Milam, N9KY (ex-KF9FR)
N9KY at arrl.net
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