I've had that happen as well.
Now I could understand it when I still had the WN3 prefix, in certain
contests, but now as a run-of-the-mill (callsign wise) W3?
It's almost funny when it happens early on Saturday (UTC) of a 48 hour
contest. There's usually plenty of time... what's the rush?
What's more annoying, though, is when the guy requesting I QSY almost gets
offended, and starts arguing with me... right on the air. Now, if it's HIS
run frequency, isn't he (potentially) wasting time? He could be working
another station or three in the time used. And if it's MY run frequency,
he's not only wasting MY time and (potentially) costing me a QSO or 3... but
if I do accede and QSY, is he now going to grab my former run frequency for
himself? And if he does, will he give it back?
Of course, it does depend on both the contester & the contest involved. In
some of the state QSO parties, it's not at all unusual to hear the RUN
station offer someone their frequency so that they could take a quick
break... and then hear the new RUN station gladly give it back when the
original guy comes back 5 minutes later. But that's another story.
73, ron w3wn
-----Original Message-----
From: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of
Pete Smith N4ZR
Sent: Monday, January 14, 2013 2:48 PM
To: cq-contest@contesting.com
Subject: [CQ-Contest] NAQP practices was: Re: Big Gun hogging two
frequencies (K3KU complaint)
The one that surprised me was people asking me, while I was running, if
I would please QSY to another band, and then acting annoyed when I said
"ltr pse". Maybe they assumed I was SO2R(?)
73, Pete N4ZR
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On 1/14/2013 1:51 PM, steve.root@culligan4water.com wrote:
> 5 to 10 seconds is two entirely different values....
>
> If I just called CQ and you take 5 to 10 seconds to answer me, I might be
on the other rig answering Tree's CQ. Count to 5 out loud; why wait that
long to answer me? I had several guys last weekend that took that long or
even longer. No doubt they thought I was an "SO2R" lid. Those same guys used
to complain about people not listening long enough between CQ's.
>
> On the other hand, 10 seconds is no where near long enough to determine if
a frequency is in use. I might not be on the second radio, I might be
copying a guy that you can't hear that's sending an exchange to me at 15
WPM. His exchange could easily take more than 10 seconds.
>
> 73 Steve K0SR
>
>
> ---Original Message-----
>
> From: Tree [mailto:tree@kkn.net]
> Sent: Monday, January 14, 2013 11:30 AM
> To: cq-contest@contesting.com
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] Big Gun hogging two frequencies (K3KU complaint)
>
> K3KU writes:> Just now, second time in NAQP (only been on for 3 hrs),
answer CQ of BIGGUN. No reply. I call again. And again. No replies.Well - I
am the big gun that K3KU speaks of. As it turns out - YES - I
wasworkingsomeone on the other radio when he called - but I was all prepared
toanswer himon his first call - but fat fingered somethingon my keyboard
when he calledand mylogging program hung in a weird state. I can take full
responsibility forthat since Iwrote my own software.So - while what he said
is true - I believe that the reason for the delayhad more todo with my
inability to respond to his first call because I couldn't sendany CW.I
believe that K3KU was pretty aggressive about trying to take over
myfrequency.Normally - if there is a 5 or 10 second delay - you don't assume
that thefrequencyis now yours. I think if you did that going up and down the
band - youwould findyourself making a lot of enemies.Also - to correct
assumptions - when I am working a QSO on the s
ec
> ond radio- Ido not "own" that frequency. The guy who was CQing does.73
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