AMEN! However, to reach the target audience, this should probably be
sent via packet.........
73,
Mike NF4L
Joe Subich, W4TV wrote:
>"Can't hear them," "Where are they," "Why are they working xxx
>and not me?" comments are all a major PITA. If it is something
>relatively rare and folks have set alarms on their terminal
>software, flagged those entities for SMS alerts, or flagged
>those entities for pager notification, all the extra BS is
>akin to "spitting in someone else's soup."
>
>If you want to make those comments - DON'T do it as a "DX Spot."
>Use one of the other features (Announce?) that the rest of us
>can filter out.
>
>73,
>
> ... Joe, W4TV
>
>
>
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com
>>[mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of w0mu
>>Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2005 11:01 PM
>>To: 'Cq-Contest'
>>Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Packet Cluster Practices
>>
>>
>> Bill I have to agree, the Can't hear them spots actually
>>helped here too. I can't recall such odd propagation ever
>>as a ham. Generally the pacific from Colorado is like
>>shooting fish in a barrel. Not so this time. I can't
>>recall ever hearing the east coast work the pacific in the
>>afternoon where we could not hear the station.
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com
>>[mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Bill Coleman
>>Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2005 6:58 PM
>>To: Alan Zack
>>Cc: Richard Zalewski; Cq-Contest
>>Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Packet Cluster Practices
>>
>>
>>On Oct 3, 2005, at 12:12 AM, Alan Zack wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>What I really hate is people reporting they DON'T hear the DX!
>>>
>>>
>>Actually, I find that useful. During the K7C expedition, I
>>often could not
>>hear the station at all. I wondered if my rig was broken, or
>>my feedline
>>disconnected. To realise that other people could not hear
>>either is quite
>>helpful.
>>
>>The type of stuff that's completely useless is the comments
>>directed toward
>>the DX. Do they really think that K7C is spending any time
>>watching the
>>messages in the packetcluster?
>>
>>Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL Mail: aa4lr@arrl.net
>>Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!"
>> -- Wilbur Wright, 1901
>>
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