Nice idea, but the majority of the really terrible stuff is done by guys
who don't sign their call....tuning up, or pretending to be the DX station,
or some kind of intentional interference. We've all done the wrong VFO
thing and sent our call on the DX stations freq. That is easily identified
but
not the main problem.
As far as a bad guy list...what's to stop someone from sending yours or my
call over and over on the station, thereby getting us on the bad guy list.
Maybe it is someone you or I supposedly POed in the past, or maybe the guy
is just plain nuts and used our calls at random.
The problem in the 60s and 70s was mostly stupidity and traffic cops. I
agree it's gotten much worse than that now.
Bill K4XS/KH7XS
In a message dated 11/12/2012 4:00:59 P.M. Coordinated Universal Tim,
deswynar@xplornet.ca writes:
Here's an idea that I'll toss up into the air as a (possible) first step
in bringing a few of these lawless characters to heel:
Maintain some sort of an open-to-all web page that is frequented by
would-be future DX'peditions that contains a master list of the call signs of
those habitual displayers of stupid behaviour and poor decorum in pile-ups.
"Members" of this select "club" would have earned their posting ONLY if their
repeated crass procedures were duly noted and recorded by no less than
THREE previous DX-peditions, and/or TEN "domestic" listeners attempting to get
through in a pile-up...
I think that such numbers would effectively rule-out the possibility of
error, especially such numbers as might be posted by actual past
DX-peditions.
>From the sound of things, DX-peditions are fast going the route of the
lawless wild, wild west anymore. How long will it be before those who go
through all of the considerable financial & logistical hurdles in mounting
such
forays in the far flung corners of the world might finally throw up their
hands in disgust & say that all of the work is simply not worth it...?
If anyone has any better suggestions for improvement, let's hear
them...after all, we Hams are supposed to take considerable pride in our being
a
"self-policing" lot---so what are we waiting for...?
~73~ de Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ
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