[CQ-Contest] Why?

[Kelly Taylor]

JA on 160....


We can only dream.

73, kelly
ve4xt



On 11/25/13 11:21 AM, "Milt -- N5IA" <n5ia at zia-connection.com> wrote:

> Yuri and Pete,
> 
> I find that on 160 Meters the JA operators are still 'Gentlemen'.
> 
> I find that if I have just a single letter wrong in a JA call sign the other
> stations will not respond.  In fact, at times I think they are too discrete
> in not responding to something that is NOT their exact call sign.
> 
> Mis dos centavos.
> 
> de Milt, N5IA
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Yuri
> Sent: Monday, November 25, 2013 8:08 AM
> To: cq-contest at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Why?
> 
>     I agree with you Peter.
> It's much worse than even 10 years ago.
> And there is no "geographical" difference anymore.
> Even JA's behaviour worsened.
> Don't know why.
> 
> Yuri VE3DZ  (HD2T in Contest)
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Peter Chamalian W1RM" <w1rm at comcast.net>
> 
> 
>> 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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