Topband: Contest in progress - few signals

[Doug Renwick]

The last thing I would want is a pile up of USA calling me when I am
listening for a weak DX signal.  Answering one only encourages others to
call.  Ignoring them is not being rude or nasty.
Doug

"Think of all the ways you can hurt yourself laughing."
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I can't understand ignoring callers in an ARRL DX contest on 160, unless the

operator is working a run for DX. Generally stations are sitting there 
endlessly CQing over and over again with only sporadic contacts.

Seems to me it would just be a whole lot better, as long as there aren't DX 
callers, to just tell the person they don't count.

Also, if a person is trying to be helpful, even if they are mistaken and 
being a pest, I see little reason to be rude or nasty. We can't all be 
perfect, and most of us make mistakes at one time or another. This is not a 
busy contest (on 160) to an extent that occasional mistakes by people trying

to be helpful becomes an issue with score.

73 Tom 

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