[SEDXC] Comments on the VP6DI Dxpedition

[Gary McConville]

It makes my blood boil sometimes.  Almost enough to
take up HF DFing!

Gary - WB4SQ


--- Carl Henson <cdenverh@hotmail.com> wrote:
> I am severely disappointed in the DX community for
> their treatment of the 
> VP6DI operation.
> I listened to all the policemen, jammers and
> frustrated DXers vent on the 
> transmit frequency.  It was disgusting.
> Many of operators were inexperienced, but were using
> good operating practise 
> on their end.  The DXers trying to work them have
> obviously been spoiled by 
> most recent major DXpeditions being run by not only
> experienced operators, 
> but world class contest operators.  The insane
> procedure of continuing to 
> call when a partial call has been answered that does
> not even vaguely 
> resemble your own call is destructive and slows down
> the entire operation.
> I identified several well known DXers gabbing on the
> transmit frequency and 
> not identifying.  The habit of changing your
> callsign in your TNC and 
> sending "unidentified" derogatory comments about the
> DXpedition, its 
> operators, and even idiots in the pileup is both
> illegal and damaging to 
> Amateur Radio.
> I know the idiots are in the minority, but scum
> floats to the top as well as 
> cream.
> Finally, I would like to suggest that the
> system-operators of the packet 
> cluster try to watch for those bogus callsigns such
> as N0QRM and if they 
> show on your cluster, block them out.
> 
> 73,
> Carl WB4ZNH
> 
> 
> 
>
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