[SCCC] Incessant QRM

[Jim Neiger]

I can attest to the first, at least as it applies to me.  If you call me out 
of turn, the frequency on SSB will sound something like this:

ME   "K6X   59  OVER"

LID  "WA6X   ROGER ROGER 59"

ME   "K6X  59  GO AHEAD"

LID  "WA6X  59"

ME  "WA6X, WHAT'S YOUR CALL"

LID  "ROGER ROGER WA6XX  59 WHAT'S YOUR QSL MANAGER?"

ME  "WA6XX, I'M LISTENING FOR K6X, WHY ARE YOU CALLING ME?

LID  "OH, SORRY"

So how many minutes of lost QSO's did that waste?

Julio D44BC had it down to a science"  "WA6XX, IF YOU DON'T STOP CALLING ME, 
I'M GOING QRRRRRRRRRT"!!


It's definitely more difficult to manage on CW, but those who keep calling 
out of turn usually work their way down to the bottom of the pile...........

Enough said..

Jim  N6TJ




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Art" <k6xt at arrl.net>
To: "Grand Mesa Contesters" <gmc at mailman.qth.net>; "sccc" 
<sccc at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 5:34 PM
Subject: [SCCC] Incessant QRM


> I've had a few responses from incessant QRMers that they do it because
> they think the DX will work them faster.
>
> This is absolutely not true. Listen to any good size pileup. What
> happens is the DX has to repeatedly say things like "QRX QRX QRX. Only
> the K6X". And so on. The DX could be exchanging reports but instead must
>  first get the incessant QRM stopped.
>
> The fact is, over all time, the3 rate of working DX decreases as a
> result of incessant calling. Everyone worldwide is slowed because the
> QRMers choose to be boorish DX hogs. What a great face to put on for all
> the world to hear.
>
> Here's how it works. Every pileup has a hierarchy. Each of us has a
> position on any given frequency based on signal strength, operating
> skills, timing etc. If not at the top of that pile, you won't get worked
> until the DX peels off the layers above you like an onion. When the DX
> does, you'll get worked. Until then, if you're calling out of turn,
> you're just intentional QRM. Your only effectivity is to increase the
> background noise, which is equivalent to reducing the signal to noise
> ratio of the staion the DX wants to work.
>
> There is only one shortcut. That is to accurately place your transmitter
> on the frequency the DX will visit next, call at just the right time,
> and be the only one or the loudest one on that freq. That, my incessant
> caller friends, is a learned skill. No amount of dumping your call on
> top of the station the DX is currently trying to work will train you for
> it. And until you do learn it, welcome to the bleachers. You'll be one
> of the ops with that crestfallen look who allows as how "I called and
> called and called, but the pileup was just too big."
>
> "Well, Mr. Motormouth", you say, "fine. You've been DXing for 50 years.
> How did you learn it?"
>
> It has very little to do with how big the station is, although that
> certainly helps in how fast things get done. For example I worked VU7RG
> on 3 bands with 100W and a wire, about as remote from me as DX can get.
> They were S-nothing the whole time. No big station here. Here it comes,
> oh so painful. There are two elements to learning it. Each has 3 parts.
> Ready? Turn  the page: Practice, practice, practice. Listen, listen, 
> listen.
>
> More information from one of our senior DXperts can be found here. Pay
> special attention to paragraph two and the sentence following.
>
> http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2002/03/01/3/
>
> 73 Good DX
> Art
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