[CQ-Contest] PSE QSY - Deer in headlights

[Larry]

Personally, I rarely QSY but do on occasion.

1. If I have worked "most" of the stations on the band and the band you want 
to me to QSY to is where I intend to go next I might well go look for your 
other station (assuming that I have not already worked you on the other 
band).

2. If you are relatively rare you have a better chance of me to QSY.

3. Someone asked me to QSY during ARRL DX CW to 40 but I have no antenna up 
at the moment for 40 so QSY is not an option. I would normally acknowledge 
the QSY request but decline.

4. For contests with things like the 10 minute rule I also have to consider 
how long have I been on "this" band.

5. There is also the issue of whether I think I can hear you (or you hear 
me) on the other band. We might have a better chance of working at a 
different time. This may be propagation and/or equipment related.

6. I might have a list of stations that I am trying to work on the current 
band where the band opening to those stations is relatively short compared 
to the opening to your station. If I go to the other band I may effectively 
lose 10 minutes (+- if band changes are limited by rule) which might be the 
difference in whether I work the stations on the current band. The stations 
in my list would normally be multipliers for me.

7. If you are not the only station from a country I might have already 
worked one of the other stations and therefore in a selfish way there may be 
no benefit for me in QSYing other than a some points. If I was already 
planning to go to the other band I would probably look for your other 
station.

73, Larry  W6NWS

-----Original Message----- 
From: Georgek5kg at aol.com
Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2013 10:27 AM
To: CQ-Contest at CONTESTING.COM ; fcg at kkn.net
Subject: [CQ-Contest] PSE QSY - Deer in headlights

Ok, let's open up a new thread...

Something that I have noticed for years is that when trying to get another
CW station to QSY to another band, typically because you need him as a
mult, I  will get no response to the "pse QSY to ...such-and-such band" 
request.


In last week's ARRL DX CW contest from PJ4X, we tried repeatedly to get
stations to move to other bands, but were more-often-than-not met with the
"deer  in headlights" blank stare!  In comparing notes over 807's after the
contest, we concluded that if the other station was loud and fast, there was 
a
good chance that we would get a successful QSY.  Otherwise, generally, no
response at all.

Can it be that so many stations are 1.) not really copying (or can't  copy)
the code, 2.) not interested or able to go to another band, or  3.) quickly
moving off the frequency before we can even send the QSY  request?  With
respect to the last point, we tried different canned QSY  requests in our 
"TU"
message.  We tried "R PSE QSY TO ...", "TU PSE QSY TO  ...", and bluntly
"PSE QSY TO ..."  My guess is that we got  successful responses to less than
10% of the requests to QSY.

Your thoughts please.

73, George, K5KG

George  Wagner, K5KG
Sarasota, FL
941-400-1960  cell
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