Mike,
If you don't work the OOB W's, there will be another 10% tariff imposed by
next contest :-)
Barry W2UP
On Tue, Oct 28, 2025 at 7:00 PM Mike Smith VE9AA <ve9aa@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote:
> I am reassured/satisfied to know only the W/K's will have those QSO's
> removed from their own log and not my log.
>
> Every single really big WorldWide type contest I have many American friends
> call me when I am on 7.070MHz phone, 14.125MHz phone or 28.255MHz phone
> when
> I am primarily working EU/DX. (I'm not the only VE having this happen to
> them of course)
>
> As a typical "polite" Canadian, I used to really really try to coach the
> W/K
> fellas not to call me when I am below their phone band(s), (sometimes using
> partial calls, so not as to call them out, on air) I tried to warn them
> they
> were out of band etc. but I got as many mean & nasty replies and sometimes
> subsequent DQRM and accusations that I , too, was out of band, (sometimes
> even nasty emails!!) unfortunately I just had to give up being VE polite
> and
> now I simply work them and move on.
>
> Thanks for all the 10m Q's this past weekend everyone ! I had a fantastic
> time and appreciated all the Q's (OOB or otherwise)
>
> BTW not working them is just as bad as advising them they're OOB. DRQM,
> yelling, whatever. Any VE will tell you. (it's a nice idea, but in
> actuality, it sadly doesn't work)
>
> Mike VE9AA (ZF2AA for Sat/Sun only on 10m)
>
> Mike - Keswick Ridge, NB, Canada
>
> angly indeed.
>
> To avoid the NIL problem, it's probably best not to work them. That said,
> my
>
> guess (and only a guess) is that the added QSO count from working them is
> a
> wash against others that later remove the QSOs.
>
> 73, John, K1AR
>
> PS: On a positive note, take notice that we have already received over
> 8000
> logs from last weekend's WW!
>
>
>
>
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