Topband: Working dupes on a band

[Pete Rimmel N8PR]

In my opinion, there is nothing wrong with working the same station on the 
same band more than once.  We used to do it all the time to assure we had 
"insurance" contacts with someone we needed for DXCC or other award.  Online 
logs and ClubLog has limited that need to some extent, but not everyone has 
a near-real time log we can check.

Now, with the advent of the CQ Magazine's Annual DX Marathon, There is no 
choice but to work the same stations EVERY year to achieve the CQ zone and 
Country totals for the year long Marathon.

I always hesitate to work the tough ones in a big pile-up if I have them 
confirmed for DXCC, because I do not want to take the opportunity away from 
someone who needs them for a new band country.

HOWEVER,  I do try to work them eventually, usually when the propagation 
favors my QTH, so I can add them to my totals for the year.

If stations cannot understand that, they should get with the program... They 
could be in demand by everyone every year !  That should be something to 
look forward to - being in demand !

I know this is different than thinking in the past, but that is the reality 
of today !   I already have 60+ DXCC on 160 in January 2018 alone  8^)

73,  PeteR  N8PR



From: rayn6vr <rayn6vr at gmail.com>

In my mind, the station you are talking about is very inconsiderate and 
lacking poor judgement.
It is a common thing to call and say hi to someone on TB when the condx are 
slow or poor propagation.?
If I were to get such an email, I would never work thay stn on any band, any 
mode, contest or not!
73,Ray?N6VR?
PS would like to know who it is so that I don't have the same experience.

...

HI Roger,

Thanks for the message, and interesting about the station you mention and
his website saying "no dupes".? I was shocked when I was told not to work
the European station again.? I just checked his clublog and in 6.5 years I
had worked him a total of 3 times which to me does not sound too excessive
for the topband.

It's like these guys think they are on some rare dx-pedition or something.
I just don't get it.

I have received a few very nice e-mails from European stations since my
posting this morning telling me to call them anytime I hear them (which is
very nice).

73,
Don

On Wed, Jan 31, 2018 at 8:12 AM, Mark K3MSB <mark.k3msb at gmail.com> wrote:

> Don
>
> I read your post with some interest and dismay as something similar
> happened to me last November
>
> 160M Wasn?t producing anything at my SR so I dropped down to 80 CW.??? I
> worked a few stations, one of which showed up as being worked a few years
> earlier on 80 CW.???? At that time I was logged into the low band chat 
> room
> and that same DX station was on and made a non-positive comment that he 
> had
> ?two repeats? this morning.??? I checked his website and he clearly says
> ?No Dupes?.
>
> A lot of times I do not have my PC up and running in the morning before
> work;? if I make a contact I just enter it as memo on my phone and enter 
> it
> into the actual log when I get back from work.?? Working these ?No Dupe?
> guys really doesn?t worry me per se,? but if I?m trying to work them and
> they decide not to respond as I?m a ?dupe?,? then it wastes my time to do
> so.
>
>? Last night there were some nice EU sigs on TB and I worked several of
> them (all ?repeats? but they didn?t seem to care).
>
> 73 Mark K3MSB
>
>
>

> I personally will come on tonight about 0000Z . . . usually for about an
> hour . . . and then again about 0300Z, to see if there's stations further
> west. (there seems no point in coming on at our Sunrise, around 0730, as
> there is actually NO peak in signal these days)
>
> Roger G3YRO
>
> _____
>
> From: Mark K3MSB [mailto:mark.k3msb at gmail.com]
> Subject: Re: Topband: 160m DX Activity Night
>
>
> So what's the accepted practice of working stations again and again on
> 160M?
>
>
> If I've worked you once or twice in the past I won't answer your CQ,
> unless
> you're CQing with no responses, but then probably not. I've found in the
> past that ops don't want repeat customers, they want fresh fish.
>
>
> I've been doing other thingsin the shack and have heard EU stations CQing
> and CQing on TB but I don't answer as they're in my log quite a few times.
> Should I answer?
>
>
> 73 Mark K3MSB
>
>
>**************************