On Thu, 7 Nov 2002, k4oj wrote:
>
> The original thread about how some ham could be "dissed" by a contester
> is an important thread. I felt it important because I do not think any
> contester should ever turn down a QSO - only under extreme QRM/QRN/QSB
> type situations where you truly have tried to copy the other station but
> just plain cannot dig them out of the ether shouldyou say no. I find it
> offensive that some guy could ruin another guys attmept to have some fun
> contesting by telling them to "go awy".
>
I agree with that completely. All arguments aside about whether someone
with less than 13 wpm code speed should participate in SS, my philosophy
is - unless the other station is causing deliberate interference to me or
being malicious, I just work him. I'd never say "go away".
Whenever I get to running stations in ARRL DX, there are always some
stateside stations that call me. They probably don't have a clue about
the contest rules and think they're doing me a favor by giving me some
points. This usually happens on Sunday afternoon/evening. I just work
them, log them and then keep that copy of the log but remove the QSO's for
the log I send to ARRL. It's a sure thing that a good number of them are
going to send me QSL's!
Zack W9SZ
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