QTCs are what make WAE unique. I find my attitude changes as I go through
the contest. During the first day or when running for the first time on a
new band, the requests for QTCs are nothing but trouble. However, as I get
to Sunday afternoon, it becomes a game to see if I can get rid of them up to
the last QSO.
Ever since the computer started sending the QTCs, they are very boring. I
will not send QTCs to any station that I do not think will be able to copy
them without asking for repeats. Too frustrating!
Fun contest this weekend. Nice to see the bands open and activity
returning.
Randy, K5ZD
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com
> [mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Pete Smith
> Sent: Sunday, August 15, 2010 10:03 AM
> To: CQ-Contest@Contesting.COM
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] "QTC?"
>
> Further to the discussion about when and to whom QTCs should
> be offered....
> Yesterday afternoon, I was having some very fast and
> enjoyable runs in WAE. I mean last-10 rates of more than 200
> QSO's per hour, almost too many stations calling to manage.
> Then, out of the blue, a big gun arrives on frequency.
> "QTC?", he shouts.
>
> This, to me, is one of the biggest reasons for non-Europeans
> to be unhappy about WAE. If I'm running fast, the last thing
> I want to do is break off to send "QRU", much less stop
> entirely and do a QTC exchange while my pileup goes
> elsewhere. Running fast is what I enjoy most, and if I'm not
> trying to win the contest, then I'm in it for fun. "QTC?" is
> a fun-buster, whether tossed into the pileup out of the blue
> or delivered at the end of a run QSO.
>
> So, let me suggest a simple guideline - be extremely
> selective in asking a *running* non-European if he wants to
> do a QTC. Unless he's really struggling (pretty unlikely on
> Saturday anyway), it will not be welcome, and almost
> certainly with get a grumpy "NO." Wait till Sunday, or wait
> for him to call you when you're running.
>
> --
> 73, Pete N4ZR
>
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