TopBand: V5/ZS6YG

[George Guerin]

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     Gentlemen:  
     
     What Bernie wrote below is true.  Knowing the operators personally, I 
     have heard from both ends of the pile up.  I would like to suggest the 
     following:
     
     If the V5 operator sends 9I 9I 9I KN KN,  then I think only KJ9I and 
     W9EVI and the like should be calling.  (I am glad that Dave and Mac 
     got through after a few repeats)
     
     Charlie, W0CD, and I refrained from calling as the band was opening to 
     many midwestern and far western states not able to work the previous 
     V5 operations, although we would have liked to say hi.  I did work 
     Glen on 40 CW for a new band mode and said hi to the 160 ops that way.
     
     If you worked Chris or one of the previous operations, please wait 
     until the ARRL CW DX contest this weekend to call.  They will be on, 
     probably as V51Z, QSL via ZS6EZ, both nights.  
     
     If the pile up dies down and there aren't far westerners still trying 
     to get a new 160 meter country, drop your call and say hi to Charlie, 
     George, etc.
     
     They are working on more antennas today and will hear better on 160, 
     and have a 80 cw antenna up this evening.
     
     QSL V5/ZS6YG via KY0A.
     
     Good luck in the contest.
     
     73 es tnx for the co-operation,
     
     George     K8GG


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Subject: TopBand: V5/ZS6YG
Author:  "Bernie McClenny; W3UR" <bernie.mcclenny@mail.wdn.com> at BC_INTERNET
Date:    2/11/97 6:23 AM


Well I think most of the US knows this but here goes.  V5/ZS6YG showed up 
tonight on 160 meters.  They were active from our sunset till 20 minutes 
after their sunrise.  I worked them 17 minutes after their sunrise.
     
The thing I just can not understand is the guys who just called and called 
and called.  I have a list of about 16 guys who really should be raked over 
the coals.  I thought 160 meters was a gentlemans band.  The ones I could 
send a one liner to on packet I did.  
     
What were they doing you may ask?  
     
Well the V5 would come back to W2REH.  He would send "W2REH, W2REH, W2REH, 
599, 599 W2REH".  Then N#??? would dump his call as soon as the V5 stopped 
transmitting.  Now guys lets just stop here for a second and think.  The V5 
called W2REH he needs to make sure that is the call and get his signal 
report.  Why on earth would N#??? try to bust this contact up?  The thing is 
these guys didn't just do it once.  It was multiple times.  
     
....snip..... Guys this is not tailending, It's call frontending!  
     
     .....snip....
     
I tell ya guys I really had to bite my tongue and not list these guys calls.  
The calls I got were copied in 20 mins, and let me tell you there were plenty 
more.  ....snip....  Guys if you see someone doing this stuff let them know.  
They are being rude and inconsiderate.  
     
.... snip.....  Come-on guys let's clean up our act.  de Bernie
     
PS oh to the guy who said "Go Bed" twice to me, I am now going w/ V5 in my 
160 meter log and u did not work him :).
     
-- 
Bernie McClenny W3UR (ex WR3E, WB3JRU)
     
     
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