I would rank most of us below the Japanese when it comes to average
operating etiquette, but it's worth remembering that particularly on the
high bands callers often can't hear each other, and the "1X?" sort of
obscure query can lead to a number of callers who have found the
fragment in their calls (or close to) and choose to believe it's them..
73, Pete N4ZR
On 2/23/2024 5:56 PM, Tom Hellem wrote:
Art et al:
I had the same experience during the peaks of the high band openings to EU on both days.
Nothing serves as a rate-killer like a bunch of stations all calling on the same frequency
over and over. I have never experienced operating practice that bad in 30 years of
contesting. Contrasted with the JA’s and to be fair, most other areas, it’s
like night and day.
Tom
K0SN
On Feb 23, 2024, at 2:41 PM, Art Boyars<artboyars@gmail.com> wrote:
In case you didn't read my post on 3830scores.com (and why would you?)...
I did Saturday night and a bit of Sunday morning at W3LPL. When I got home
Sunday I did one "fresh meat" run on each band, 10M, 15M, 20M, 40M. Great
rates, for 15 minutes or so. However (quoting myself):
A comment/complaint: Some of the European Big Guns (especially the
multi-op's) were VERY aggressive callers. I'd send a partial call, and
several other stations would keep calling. I guess they needed the MD
multiplier.
73, Art K3KU
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