[CQ-Contest] ARRL DX CW -- disappointing experience

[Barry W2UP]

Sorry, Pete, but that's not a valid excuse.

I've told this one before, but it's worth repeating for a laugh:
Speaking of DXing and callsigns, one time, there was a big pile up on some
DX station in which I was calling.  He came back 2UP.  The pileup QSYed up
2 and I got right through on his QRG :-)

Barry W2UP

On Fri, Feb 23, 2024 at 6:12 PM Pete Smith N4ZR <pete.n4zr at gmail.com> wrote:

> I would rank most of us below the Japanese when it comes to average
> operating etiquette, but it's worth remembering that particularly on the
> high bands callers often can't hear each other, and the "1X?" sort of
> obscure query can lead to a number of callers who have found the
> fragment in their calls (or close to) and choose to believe it's them..
>
> 73, Pete N4ZR
>
> On 2/23/2024 5:56 PM, Tom Hellem wrote:
> > Art et al:
> > I had the same experience during the peaks of the high band openings to
> EU on both days. Nothing serves as a rate-killer like a bunch of stations
> all calling on the same frequency over and over. I have never experienced
> operating practice that bad in 30 years of contesting. Contrasted with the
> JA’s and to be fair, most other areas, it’s like night and day.
> >
> > Tom
> > K0SN
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >> On Feb 23, 2024, at 2:41 PM, Art Boyars<artboyars at gmail.com>  wrote:
> >>
> >> In case you didn't read my post on 3830scores.com (and why would
> you?)...
> >>
> >> I did Saturday night and a bit of Sunday morning at W3LPL.  When I got
> home
> >> Sunday I did one "fresh meat" run on each band, 10M, 15M, 20M, 40M.
> Great
> >> rates, for 15 minutes or so.  However (quoting myself):
> >>
> >> A comment/complaint: Some of the European Big Guns (especially the
> >> multi-op's) were VERY aggressive callers.  I'd send a partial call, and
> >> several other stations would keep calling.  I guess they needed the MD
> >> multiplier.
> >>
> >>
> >> 73, Art K3KU
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