[RTTY] Response to DX Station

[Mike Fatchett W0MU]

Going by USA call area numbers is better than nothing but the numbers no 
longer mean anything geographically.  A W1 can be in California, NY, MN 
or TX.  It is better than nothing.  When DX calls for West Coast it 
becomes a free for all as well.

What I hear happening more often than not is people just trying to brute 
force a contact by calling on top of the guy the DX called on RTTY, CW 
and SSB now.

I will have a chance to play DX from J6 this November and would like to 
use more of the skimmer technologies when not in the contest.  If more 
people use this technology people will want to spread out and not move 
constantly trying to zero beat the last guy.



On 8/12/2011 10:31 AM, Peter Laws wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 20:30, Ron Kolarik<rkolarik at neb.rr.com>  wrote:
>> If you could get everyone to read and abide by the DX Code of Conduct it might help
>> http://dx-code.org/
> I agree with all of these, but ....
>
> o I will not trust the DX cluster and will be sure of the DX station's
> call sign before calling.
>
> Very difficult when the DX end goes for along time without IDing at
> all.  Worth it, of course, but very difficult.
>
>
> o  I will not transmit when the DX station requests geographic areas
> other than mine.
>
> If only all DX would call USA stations by number!
>
>
> o  When the DX operator calls me, I will not repeat my call sign
> unless I think he has copied it incorrectly.
>
> By FCC rule, I must identify every 10 minutes and at the end of a
> communication, so I will repeat my call at the end.  Sorry.
>
>
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