On 6 Oct 2000, at 9:43, John T. Laney, III wrote:
> P.S. Keep in mind that there are still a few guys out there who do
> not log US contacts after they get their one in the log for the
> multiplier. This is poor practice, but it was the policy at the W7RM
> station until a few years back, so it may still be done at other
> stations.
Yes it is.
> So, when you finally get through to zone 3 on 75 or whatever
> that may be a rare zone for you, you might think of saying "thanks for
> the multiplier" or some such thing to try to encourage the other guy
> to actually log this zero point QSO.
Unfortunately in my case that didn't work either. I called the guy
on 40 SSB for the US mult while he was listening for VE Qs after the
band had closed for DX and after I listened and heard no one calling.
"...this is AA4GA for a multiplier" Oh, he worked me and I thanked
him for the mult, and the jackass didn't log it. I lost the mult and
he lost nothing.
The "official" CQ position was that I needed to work several US
stations for insurance.
I don't agree.
73 de Lee
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