[RTTY] Response to DX Station

Neal Campbell abrohamneal at gmail.com
Fri Aug 12 11:15:26 PDT 2011


I do not think its the "highly skilled" dx'er with a competitive urge that
makes things so slow, its the guys who are not on the air a lot but want
some new DX that pile on, don't listen, keep calling when the dx is trying
to work someone else. The Mikes and Dons are in and out so quickly that we
hardly notice them unless we hear the dx calling them.

73

On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 1:55 PM, Mike Fatchett W0MU <w0mu at w0mu.com> wrote:

> I have to admit to doing that too but not with stations like ST0R or
> BS7H.  I will work them once per band/mode unless I feel my contact was
> less than certain.
>
> I can't fault people for wanting to break piles.  It does rub me wrong
> when I am trying to work something on a tough path and someone works the
> guy and tells the world that this the 29th time they have worked on this
> band yadayadayada........
>
> On 8/12/2011 11:34 AM, Don AA5AU wrote:
> > I always feel the "need" to bust a pileup even if I don't "need" it.
>  It's the fun of it that drives people to work stations they don't "need"
> for an award.  Some people don't even chase awards, but they "need" to bust
> a pileup or just work the DX.
> >
> > I've been going through DX'ing withdrawl since ST0R went QRT.  I did get
> a "fix" last night when I worked TY1KS on 80M CW for a new band country.
>  Some of us are just plain addicted to
> DX'ing/Contesting/Anything-to-do-with-ham-radio.
> >
> > I'm going through RTTY contesting withdrawl too, but hope to "fix" that
> need next weekend in SARTG.
> >
> > 73, Don AA5AU
> >
> > From: Mike Fatchett W0MU<w0mu at w0mu.com>
> >> To: rtty at contesting.com
> >> Sent: Friday, August 12, 2011 10:51 AM
> >> Subject: Re: [RTTY] Response to DX Station
> >>
> >> The one problem with online "logs" is that the DX could have busted a
> >> call and logged me instead of W1MU or W9MU.  In your scenario I would be
> >> penalized because they busted the contact.
> >>
> >> I don't know how many people feel the need to work DX peditions multiple
> >> times when they know they have a solid contact.
> >>
> >> W0MU
> >>
> >> On 8/12/2011 4:17 AM, Shelby Summerville wrote:
> >>> K0IDT wrote: "If you could get everyone to read and abide by the DX
> Code of
> >>> Conduct it might help  http://dx-code.org/"
> >>>
> >>> As long as DXCC Challenge, DeSoto Cup and the "ego satisfying" attempts
> to
> >>> stay at the top of the Honor Roll exists, the DX Code of Conduct is not
> >>> applicapable! For the few that "work them and shut up", many, many more
> try
> >>> and work them on as many bands/modes as possible. I await the day a
> "rare"
> >>> DXpedition, that has online log availability, and publishes their
> operating
> >>> style, penalizes duplicate band callers by removing all of their other
> >>> contacts? If one is sure that they are in the online log, I see
> absolutely
> >>> no reason for another attempt, on the same band. In the case of a new
> >>> entity, "once per band/mode" should be enforced? I also believe that
> the DX
> >>> has most of the responsibility of "controlling the pileup"?
> >>>
> >>> C'Ya, Shelby - K4WW
> >>>
> >>>
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