Mirrors my experience as well. Over the last week and a half, I've probably
got 2.5 hours from 2 QTH's into it with no joy yet. I'm trying not to get
especially juiced about this one. The Sudan radio club is very active in
contests and it's rare that I don't work them on at least one band. I'm hoping
that they activate S. Sudan often. There's also no guarantee that the DXCC
desk will accept QSO's from this DXpedition.
The number of belligerent hams who transmit right over the top of a DX station
while they're working someone else and then tell you to "shut up and mind your
own business" (as if their interference wasn't anyones business but their own)
when corrected is distubing. What's happened to simple courtesy? We've all
forgotten to push the split button once in a while, but I don't know which is
worse: one station calling on the DX frequency while the DX station is
listening, or 10 DX cops transmitting on the DX frequency when the DX station
is transmitting.
One good thisg - with everyone busy trying to wotk ST0R, I worked Lord Howe
Island (SSB) on the first call. That part of the world is WAY harder for me to
work than East Africa. Thanks ST0R for the distraction!
Al
AB2ZY
-----Original Message-----
From: rtty-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:rtty-bounces@contesting.com] On
Behalf Of rick darwicki
Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2011 11:29 AM
To: Group RTTY
Subject: [RTTY] ST0R
They were finally strong enough to work yesterday so I thought I'd give it a
try..... for about 30 mins.
I was totally amazed to find how many 1 X 2 and 2 X 1 calls have never worked
DX.
Thinking back over the last 50 some years I was trying to remember a major
DXpedition that did not work SPLIT !!!
Remember when your radio didn't have split or the RIT wouldn't shift far enough?
It was almost impossible to find where they were listening because of all the
stations calling while the DX was listening.
It was also hard to hear the DX over all the rookies that probably have a NO
CODE ticket and called on top of him hi hi.
Granted some people may have just slipped and called on frequency but I heard
several 1 X 2s tell the UP UP UPers FU.
I'll feel even better now when I snag them, knowing I made it thru the lids.
End of diatribe.
Rick, N6PE
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