Topband: DX Window-N4ZR

[Ted Demopoulos]

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>One of the problems with those North American stations CQing in the
>window is that people respond to their CQs.  If they received no
>responses, they wouldn't stick around.
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>Dave K8MN
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I was guilty. While burping a baby, and S&Ping, and found a clear freq 
and called CQ. An ENORMOUS pileup started up - at least enormous for me. 
Lots of European, several layers deep, and many US stations. Yeah, I was 
in the window.

I hate to say it, but it WAS damn effective, at least short term. Within 
a couple of minutes someone sent "DX Window" politely, I sent "R" and 
sheepishly ran away. Had I been seriously doing the contest it never 
would have happened, but I was casually playing around (and yes, was 
truly burping a baby) and it happened.

Personally, I don't answer non-DX CQs in the window.

The perhaps best solution I see is that "excessive" Windows CQers - the 
ones where its clear there is no mistake, have their logs "promoted" to 
Checklogs,

73
Ted KT1V

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