TopBand: Pimping On 160

[Garry & Yelena]

Jeffrey Maass wrote:
> 
> I must have missed something in the five or so years I've been off of
> 160M: since when do people run "list" operations, pimping for DX stations?
> 
> As I type this (0345Z), I'm listening to K1VW serve as "listmaster", trying to
> get DF2PY to listen for N6TR and a variety of West Coast stations, including
> the provision of "BK" after the Westies transmit.
> 
> This wasn't requested by DF2PY. He had high QRN, and couldn't hear any of
> them. He knew which call to listen for, though, because K1VW sent it six
> or seven times.
> 
> I guess this is a philosophical question: if so many of us look down our
> noses at "list" operations on other bands, where the operator must be
> "carried" in order to make a QSO, do we see some difference on 160?
> 
> 73,
> 
> Jeff Maass       (jmaass@freenet.columbus.oh.us)      Amateur Radio K8ND

Jeff:

Tnx for posting that. I was wondering who the hell was playing traffic
cop--and it turns out to be a friend of mine. I got so pissed off I spun
the dial and went and did something else.

There is one West Coast big gun who is prone to that, too. He's a nice
fellow, but spent too many years helping out on 20m SSB.

John, K1VW: if you are reading this---STOP DOING THAT DISGUSTING
ACTIVITY! IMHO, it ranks with flashing little kids. Please allow us to
work DX ourselves--or fail to do so. No QSO on topband requires
unsolicited "assistance." 

Garry Shapiro, NI6T
Visit the Northern California DX Club home page:
http://www.ncdxc.org
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