[CQ-Contest] W/VE contacts from W/VE in ARRL DX

[Gerry Hull]

I work and log whomever calls.  I know many of the W/VE stations needed
Vermont on a band.
It makes non-contesters feel good about what we do, and, it takes much less
time to work them
than to explain.

73, Gerry W1VE
(@ K2LE/1 for contest)


On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 12:40 PM, Marvin Bloomquist <n5aw at 281.com> wrote:

> I get occasional W/VE callers in the ARRL DX contests. Especially on SSB it
> is easy to politely tell these folks we can't work each other in this
> contest. When I do that they often thank me for telling them. I'm amazed
> that many of the big guns work these guys as if they count. That just
> perpetuates the problem and they go off looking for another contact. Maybe
> it is slightly quicker to do that on CW rather than explain we can't work
> each other but certainly not on phone. All of us benefit if we let these
> neophytes know they need to be working DX.  Hey - at least they are trying
> to participate rather than sitting out there griping about the contesters.
>
> Marv N5AW
>
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