[Dx-qsl] Where's The Rhythm?

[Steve Lund]

I'm wondering if two other things might be leading to the unruliness of
recent pileups.

I spent much time listening to the K9W and T33A pileups the first day. Some
of the most obnoxious callers were those in the CQ DX Marathon competition.
[It was much the same for 7O2A during CQWW DX contest.] If you are going to
win, you can't miss anything, so keep calling and calling until you get in
the log.

The bigger competition is the ClubLog LeaderBoard. Most of the guys in that
list don't need the country for any band/mode slot. It is just an ego thing
to see your call at the top of the list. But, it has gotten worse. One
local has K9W on 19 slots. That's fine, but he has also worked them using
his wife's call and a club call. Is that really necessary? It sure makes it
more difficult for the Little Pistols to even get into the log.

Do these LeaderBoard guys support the DXpeditions? I rarely see their calls
on the supporter pages or the membership lists of the various DX groups.

Steve, K6UM


On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 6:46 PM, Murray Green (K3BEQ) <mgreen at erols.com>wrote:

>
> *I believe most of us share the frustration and complaint about those
> Amateurs who are oblivious to the operating techniques of a DXpedition
> station operating split frequency.*
>
> *What is going through their minds when they constantly transmit their
> callsign after the DXpedition operator replies to another station?**
>
> **If they fail to get into the rhythm cycle so that they */*d*//*o not
> transmit when the DXpedition station is transmitting*/*,**they might as
> well not get involved in chasing choice DX;
> **if they are going to arbitrarily call and call without knowing what is
> going on, they are taking up spectrum space and create congestion and
> difficulty for others. And I can guarantee they will not work that choice
> station. How can they when they are transmitting at the same time the
> DXpedition station is transmitting? **Couple that with the intentional
> interference that typically rears it's ugly head on the first and second
> day of a DXpedition, and we have an unmanageable  situation that is not in
> the best interests of the Service.*
> *
> **It is an international problem that needs attention. Complaining and
> shaking our heads will not solve or reduce it. Education may but it needs
> support from the DX community by addressing it through Elmer'**s, club
> meetings, newsletter, Email, web sites, articles and DX bulletins
> etc.****Time to do something or it is here to stay. Constructive comments
> only. Thanks.
>
> 73, Murray, K3BEQ
> *
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