In my opinion, there is nothing wrong with working the same station on the
same band more than once. We used to do it all the time to assure we had
"insurance" contacts with someone we needed for DXCC or other award. Online
logs and ClubLog has limited that need to some extent, but not everyone has
a near-real time log we can check.
Now, with the advent of the CQ Magazine's Annual DX Marathon, There is no
choice but to work the same stations EVERY year to achieve the CQ zone and
Country totals for the year long Marathon.
I always hesitate to work the tough ones in a big pile-up if I have them
confirmed for DXCC, because I do not want to take the opportunity away from
someone who needs them for a new band country.
HOWEVER, I do try to work them eventually, usually when the propagation
favors my QTH, so I can add them to my totals for the year.
If stations cannot understand that, they should get with the program... They
could be in demand by everyone every year ! That should be something to
look forward to - being in demand !
I know this is different than thinking in the past, but that is the reality
of today ! I already have 60+ DXCC on 160 in January 2018 alone 8^)
73, PeteR N8PR
From: rayn6vr <rayn6vr@gmail.com>
In my mind, the station you are talking about is very inconsiderate and
lacking poor judgement.
It is a common thing to call and say hi to someone on TB when the condx are
slow or poor propagation.?
If I were to get such an email, I would never work thay stn on any band, any
mode, contest or not!
73,Ray?N6VR?
PS would like to know who it is so that I don't have the same experience.
...
HI Roger,
Thanks for the message, and interesting about the station you mention and
his website saying "no dupes".? I was shocked when I was told not to work
the European station again.? I just checked his clublog and in 6.5 years I
had worked him a total of 3 times which to me does not sound too excessive
for the topband.
It's like these guys think they are on some rare dx-pedition or something.
I just don't get it.
I have received a few very nice e-mails from European stations since my
posting this morning telling me to call them anytime I hear them (which is
very nice).
73,
Don
On Wed, Jan 31, 2018 at 8:12 AM, Mark K3MSB <mark.k3msb@gmail.com> wrote:
Don
I read your post with some interest and dismay as something similar
happened to me last November
160M Wasn?t producing anything at my SR so I dropped down to 80 CW.??? I
worked a few stations, one of which showed up as being worked a few years
earlier on 80 CW.???? At that time I was logged into the low band chat
room
and that same DX station was on and made a non-positive comment that he
had
?two repeats? this morning.??? I checked his website and he clearly says
?No Dupes?.
A lot of times I do not have my PC up and running in the morning before
work;? if I make a contact I just enter it as memo on my phone and enter
it
into the actual log when I get back from work.?? Working these ?No Dupe?
guys really doesn?t worry me per se,? but if I?m trying to work them and
they decide not to respond as I?m a ?dupe?,? then it wastes my time to do
so.
? Last night there were some nice EU sigs on TB and I worked several of
them (all ?repeats? but they didn?t seem to care).
73 Mark K3MSB
I personally will come on tonight about 0000Z . . . usually for about an
hour . . . and then again about 0300Z, to see if there's stations further
west. (there seems no point in coming on at our Sunrise, around 0730, as
there is actually NO peak in signal these days)
Roger G3YRO
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From: Mark K3MSB [mailto:mark.k3msb@gmail.com]
Subject: Re: Topband: 160m DX Activity Night
So what's the accepted practice of working stations again and again on
160M?
If I've worked you once or twice in the past I won't answer your CQ,
unless
you're CQing with no responses, but then probably not. I've found in the
past that ops don't want repeat customers, they want fresh fish.
I've been doing other thingsin the shack and have heard EU stations CQing
and CQing on TB but I don't answer as they're in my log quite a few times.
Should I answer?
73 Mark K3MSB
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