[OKDXA] DX COPS AMD MALICIOUS QRM

[Coy Day]

Jim,

I remember on one of our trips to Palau an incident that
boggled my mind.  I was working a JA pileup simplex.  I was
picking up letters and responding with something like "The station
with a Y in the suffix, your call?".  I would then work several
stations with Y in their suffix and then back to the pileup to pick out
another letter.  When I thought I heard an R, I asked for the station
with the R.  The frequency was totally silent.  You could hear a
pin drop.  I must have imagined the R but the point is that the JA
ops were that polite.  The Euros were the worst and the Americas
close behind.  I think most of what we are hearing isn't new, there's
just more of it!  :-(

Coy
-- 
Coy Day, N5OK 
20685 SW 29 
Union City, OK 73090 
405-483-5632 

K5TT wrote: 
> Not that I have had that many opportunities, but
when I was in the DX op 
> position, I noted those guys calls and
did not work then until later if at 
> all. Another justified
response is to work them to get rid of them but 
> don't log them.
I have even responded to people and asked them to leave 
> because
I was not going to work them. That helps to clean up the pileup. 
> 
> Jim 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
>

From: "Ken Case" <caseke at cox.net> 
> To:
"Discussion of OKDXA" <okdxa at mailman.qth.net> 
>
Sent: Sunday, December 03, 2006 6:18 PM 
> Subject: Re: [OKDXA] DX
COPS AMD MALICIOUS QRM 
> 
> 
>> Froggy and
all, 
>> 
>> I suspect we all agree about the
malicious interference. 
>> 
>> The OTHER one that
has begun over the years and is now up to an art form 
>> is
EVERYBODY calling even when the DX station has identified someone and 
>> is in QSO. That happens simplex (often understandably due to
QRM), but 
>> also split. I just cannot believe it when some DX
station comes back 
>> K5XYZ 599 (for example) and then
everybody up and down the band is 
>> calling 
>> at
the same time K5XYZ is trying to complete the QSO. Even when the DX 
>> station asks for ONLY K5XYZ there are still many who are
calling. 
>> UNFORTUNATELY, that is too often the fault of the
DX station who, in the 
>> interest of trying to appear like an
ultra-efficient multi-tasker, 
>> starts 
>>
answering these guys instantly after the preceding QSO. That sends the 
>> CLEAR message to everyone that the way to get through to the DX
is to 
>> continue calling at all times. Then, the pileup gets
out of control. 
>> It 
>> didn't use to be like
that! 
>> 
>> 73 Ken K5KC 
>> -----
Original Message ----- 
>> 
From: <K8fu at aol.com> 
>> To: <okdxa at mailman.qth.net> 
>> Sent: Sunday,
December 03, 2006 10:13 AM 
>> Subject: [OKDXA] DX COPS AMD
MALICIOUS QRM 
>> 
>> 
>>> It took me
a bit to find the VU7 this am. So when I determined that I 
>>> could 
>>> hear him well enough to work, I
turned on the amp. It was working fine 
>>> last 
>>> night and I gave Ed a Q in the contest. Turned it on this
am 
>>> immediately 
>>> experienced a healthy
dose of RF PMS. 
>>> 
>>> Luckily I was able
to find the prob and repair it myself. By that time 
>>> his

>>> sig was starting to drop. Then N1LID started calling CQ
on his freq. 
>>> 
>>> When I started getting
interested in DX and contesting, through my 
>>> friend 
>>> and neighbor Don K8MFO, I can't remember anything at all
that compares 
>>> to what 
>>> is occurring
today. I don't understand it. 
>>> 
>>> Hams
have had a history of policing their own and with the epidemic of 
>>> malicious interference escalating I am left wondering why
there isn't 
>>> some vehicle 
>>> of
enforcement initiated. 
>>> 
>>> I realize the
FCC probably doesn't hv the money to put tracking and 
>>>
enforcement teams in the field, but why couldn't the ARRL organize 
>>> voluntary regional 
>>> teams to track and
identify these deliberate and malicious stations. 
>>> 
>>> It's really getting to the point for me that chasing DX is
no longer 
>>> fun. 
>>> It's hard enough to
work places like Lakshadweep at the bottom of the 
>>>
sunspot 
>>> cycle but to hv to endure operators calling on
the dx calling freq and 
>>> the 
>>>
malicious interference is leaving me frustrated and angry. 
>>> 
>>> It seems this phenomenon is not only
confined to the US. I saw yest 
>>> where 
>>>
euros were screaming for something to be done abt IT9RYH (I think) on 
>>> 14.190. 
>>> 
>>> I sure would
like to see someone like Sumner or Harrison take the bull 
>>> by 
>>> the horns and aggressively address
this problem. 
>>> 
>>> The Ranting's and
Musings of a Frustrated Frog............. 
>>> 
>>>
Ribbit..........................Ribbit.......................... 
>>> BOHICA 
>>>
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