Because, unfortunately, sometimes it works.
73,
Scott K9MA
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Scott Ellington
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> On Apr 18, 2021, at 4:50 PM, Peter Chamalian <w1rm@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> OK so this weekend was the CQMM DX Contest. A gentle affair run by the
> CWJF, a Brazilian CW group. No pressure, no big prizes.
>
>
>
> So here I am calling CQ MM. I get 4 or 5 callers, all jammed on top of each
> other. I manage to pull out two letters. Let's say AW. So, I send AW.
> Three callers. I can her the one AW in there and two non-AW callers. So, I
> send AW again. Nope, three callers. So, I just pause, hoping the AW caller
> will call again. Nope, nothing so I send AW a third time. Guess what. No
> AW. I gave up.
>
>
>
> So, here's my question. If your call doesn't have AW in it and you are
> calling someone who replies AW, why do you keep calling? It makes
> absolutely no sense. Even if I were P5RM, let me work the guy I want so I
> can quickly move on to the next rather than slowing me down by calling like
> that.
>
>
>
> Ya know, I've been in this game for a heck of a long time. Been there, done
> that, got the t-shirt as it were (and the certificates and the plaques and
> the records). So why?
>
>
>
>
>
> Pete Chamalian, W1RM
>
> W1rm@comcast.net
>
>
>
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