Hans, you are entitled to your own opinion. The file is there for
those who want to use it. If you don't want to use it, you don't have
to. If the rule makers would say it is not legal then it should not
be used. But that is NOT the case. But please don't call me a lame
operator when operating a contest from Manila with a lot of man made
QRN using an R-7 vert and a dipole working EUR and Russian stations,
along with others, with weak signals and heavy accents. If it helps
me identify a station so I can get on to the next caller quicker then
so much the better.
If I remember right you have a background in aviation. I used to file
my fight plans then on taxing out to the runway get my clearance from
ATC. Would you begrudge me to know while coping my clearance I
checked what was being sent to me against the copy of what I had filed
to insure it's accuracy?
For my last Manila operation plse see:
http://www.arrl.org/contests/soapbox/?con_id=24 and scan down the page
to DU1/K6ACZ.
Hans K0HB wrote:
>
> OK, I get it now. In other words it's a crutch for the lame who aren't
> equipped or skilled enough to copy weak signals?
>
> And here I thought contesting was all about being a skilled radioman and a
> competent station designer. Silly me!
>
> 73, de Hans, K0HB
>
> > [Original Message]
> > From: Alan C. Zack <k7acz@cox.net>
> > To: <K-Zero-HB@earthlink.net>
> > Cc: Dick Pechie <kb1h@myeastern.com>; <k9tm.qrz@k9tm.com>; Jim Reisert
> AD1C <jjreisert@alum.mit.edu>; <cq-contest@contesting.com>;
> <ct-user@contesting.com>; Yankee Clipper Contest Club <yccc@yccc.org>;
> <na-user@contesting.com>; <trlog@contesting.com>; <writelog@contesting.com>
> > Date: 10/24/03 11:26:40 PM
> > Subject: Re: [ct-user] Re: [CQ-Contest] Re: [YCCC] New Country Files for
> CT/NA/TR/WL - 16 October 2003
> >
> > Nice thing about the MASTER CALL LIST is that a DX station does not
> > have to waste a lot of time asking over and over again for a weak
> > station who is calling him his call sign. If it pops up as a partial
> > on his MASTER list and he asks; "is your call K0HB" then he can work
> > the next guy in the pile up sooner without a lot of back and forth to
> > get your call correct.
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Alan Zack
Amateur Radio Station K7ACZ
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Quality Engineer, The Boeing Company, Retired
Aviation Chief Warrant Officer, U.S. Coast Guard, Retired
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