Art mentioned that he was “fresh meat” which in ARRL 160 can mean a big pile.
Sending your call twice or timing your call until after the initial bedlam is
one legitimate pileup technique. Why get bent out of shape over it?
73 Rich NN3W
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> On Dec 6, 2018, at 11:49 AM, K9MA <k9ma@sdellington.us> wrote:
>
> Am I the only one who gets just a bit annoyed when an SO2R op wastes my time
> this way?
>
> 73,
> Scott K9MA
>
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> Scott Ellington. K9MA
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> --- via iPhone
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>> On Dec 5, 2018, at 9:24 AM, Art Boyars <artboyars@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> My "fresh meat" Saturday night operation in ARRL 160M Contest can yield
>> some nice runs from Big Guns (and mid-Atlantic locals).
>>
>> Last Saturday night 1045Z a Big Gun in northeastern North America answered
>> my CQ, sending his call twice. That was unusual. I wondered if I was
>> particularly weak at his station (not likely), and maybe he thought I would
>> need the QSX to get his call.
>>
>> But now I'm wondering: Could he have been creating a couple of extra
>> seconds on transmit so that he could finish copying something (a call
>> sign?) on the other radio?
>>
>> Are SO2R op's adding this trick to their skill set?
>>
>> 73, Art K3KU
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