[CQ-Contest] Why?

[W1md]

Niccceee!

It really is getting bad though like Pete says. More than once this weekend I was able to beat the big guns with my vertical and 500w ( until the brand new al-80b quit, then I beat them low power) by listening ( what a concept) and timing the call or by adjusting off freq by 100 hz. 

Basic operating skills have been/are being lost...most likely do (in my opinion) to all of the assisted tools out there. Point, click, call. It's that simple right???  No need to LISTEN. 

Marty
W1MD

> On Nov 25, 2013, at 9:46 AM, "Randy Thompson K5ZD" <k5zd at charter.net> wrote:
> 
> It's to make up for all the times when they are running and don't send their
> call.  Those times must be made up for in pileups to even out the karma.  :)
> 
> 
> Randy, K5ZD
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of
>> Peter Chamalian W1RM
>> Sent: Monday, November 25, 2013 12:12 PM
>> To: cq-contest at contesting.com
>> Subject: [CQ-Contest] Why?
>> 
>> Can someone explain to me why everyone calls all the time?  It doesn't
>> matter if the other station is listening, sending an exchange, trying to
>> get a call.  How many W# call when the DX sends N1?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> This is just getting worse and worse.  In CQWW I heard a DX station
>> having to send the exchange three and 4 times in a row to get the pileup
>> to slow to the point where the guy he's working could hear it!
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Why?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Pete, W1RM
>> 
>> 
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