[DX] Lass 2

[wb4mle@mindspring.com]

>  I have heard that AP2 station before..asking for the "complete
>prefix" - unbelievable.....

The dx apparently know what they want so I try to accommodate them. I
need them- They may or may not need me! 
>  Oh and on the DX nets....a few months ago I was tuning around (14.247)
>and the net control asked for the last two.  
I can well see "last two" as the stations must exchange complete
calls- not like the "Listen for my buddy XXX9X" type QSO.
>Some semi-rare DX was on
>and the pile to get-on-the-list was atrocious. Of course this is all
>simplex so no one could tell if and when the net control even
>acknowledged them. Finally after about 60 seconds of wall-to-wall " last
>two's" the net control came through and said...
>
>  "If it wasn't for me taking the list as I do you guys wouldn't be able
>to work any DX"
>
Many times a list is a better way to get a new one- The "Big Guns" who
must make another contact every hour to "beat their chests and give a
Tarzan yell" make it hard on us 100 watt and vertical types.
-- 
Eddie Seymour, WB4MLE
E-Mail wb4mle@mindspring.com