I second that and will add, even though you arrange a band change on air,
before you QSY, simply ask, "Does anyone else need a Q?"
On Thu, Jan 16, 2025, 00:29 Alan Larson <wa6azp@gmail.com> wrote:
> Alex wrote:
> >I think QSY requests should be implemented with an off the air protocol
> using a cloud hosted QSY server and a QSY request client window or panel in
> the software. It's silly to transmit all this stuff on a crowded 3 kHz
> segment and a waste of time slots that could be used to make QSO's. It's
> not like everyone is on a separate frequency like on the analog modes where
> you can much more easily negotiate this stuff without wasting a shared
> resource with non-QSO traffic.
>
> >Keep the airwaves for QSO's and use modern methods for the QSY requests,
> just any other form of assistance folks use these days to scare up a QSO.
>
> "Use modern methods" -- are you saying that radio is not a modern method?
> Perhaps we should shut down amateur radio if it is not modern enough.
>
> Keep the QSY requests on the air, where others on frequency can hear them.
> Nothing so frustrating as hearing a station you need, then having him move
> off to another band, just after you politely waited for him to finish his
> current QSO.
>
> Years ago, when I told my wife about arranging contacts on the internet,
> she was amazed - "but it's a RADIO contest".
>
> Alan
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