most of this crap comes from the east coast when the left coast has an
opening....
to eu or africa never fails....w7gg
-----Original Message-----
From: km1h @ juno.com <km1h@juno.com>
To: topband@contesting.com <topband@contesting.com>
To: <topband@contesting.com>
Date: Tuesday, November 25, 1997 1:31 PM
Subject: Re: TopBand: Whose QSX frequency is this?
>Jeff's book left out one other rule:
>
>Only DX Hogs work the same station or country over and over again;
>particularly when many new operators need it the first time.
>
>Maybe what this reflector needs is a list of those who are on a daily ego
>trip to the detriment of the weaker stations who really need the DX.
>
>Just a thought....I certainly have my list.
>
>BTW, I am not talking about regular QSO's with friends or a real need to
>test a new antenna/repairs, etc. ......just the ego gratifying constant
>pile-up callers.
>
>73 Carl KM1H "always LISTENING"
>
>
>
>
>
>On Tue, 25 Nov 1997 12:45:55 -0500 (EST) Bill Tippett <btippett@CTC.Net>
>writes:
>> Here's a lesson for all of us (expeditioners and DXers alike).
>>I just checked the 5A2A log search on their Web page and got this:
>>
>>5A2A Log Search Results
>>
>>The Database contains the following log entries:
>>
>> W4ZV is in the log on 160m CW, contact made on 25-Nov-97
>> W4ZV is in the log on 160m CW, contact made on 25-Nov-97
>>
>>Huh???? 5A2A is only in my log once, but I was wondering why there
>>was
>>such a big pileup on P40E who was QSX up 2 when I worked him at 0240!
>>Then I found 5A2A who was listening on the SAME QSX frequency when I
>>worked him at 0252. Apparently 5A2A came back to me when I was
>>working
>>P40E and put me in his log at 0240 also. This happens quite often
>>when working a hot JA opening since many of them often use the same
>>QSX frequency, and because we do not sign their call...just ours.
>>This
>>goes back to Rule #8 in K1ZM's book: "Send the DX station's call if
>>you
>>are in doubt about whom you are working." I was not in doubt about
>>either station when I worked them, but should have signed 5A2A's call
>>to
>>alert P40E to the fact that they both were using the same QSX
>>frequency!
>>(Of course I could not have done that when I worked P40E since I had
>>not yet found 5A2A.) Isn't it awful when someone steals your QSX
>>freqeuency! It's happened to me many times and there's really not a
>>good
>>way to prevent these accidents from happening!
>>
>>73, Bill W4ZV
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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