[CQ-Contest] PSE QSY - nope

[Pete Smith N4ZR]

So just send SRI.  I for one always try to honor such requests if I am S&P.

73, Pete N4ZR
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On 2/24/2013 12:22 PM, Charles Harpole wrote:
> I will always say NO to "QSY for points" requests because
> 1. they seem like manufactured contacts to me,
> 2. I am following my own plan and this would be a disruption of it,
> 3.  I must walk over to the window patch panel and unscrew coax and screw
> on a new band antenna, retune my rig, try to work the guy, and then go back
> to install my previous antenna and tune again.
> 4.  I have had a number of failures to make contact in the past when I
> would try this... then a total waste, and
> 5.  if I am running, I do not want to break my rhythm or lose my freq.
>
> So, a polite NO.  73, Charly HS0ZCW
>
> On Sun, Feb 24, 2013 at 10:27 PM, <Georgek5kg at aol.com> wrote:
>
>> 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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