Topband: Working dupes on a band

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> 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
>>
>>
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