On May 15, I posted a compendium on the subject of Why YOU Should NoT Call me ([CLICK HERE] to review that stuff). Here are some things that come to mind from this last weekend's COQP and TNQP State QSO Parties.
- Stations calling in from W6 / W7 are often louder than the WEAK QSO Party stations (often mobile) that are calling in on my run frequency.
- A K5 station calls in - I press F-11 "COQP only" - he sends a LENGTHY 73 message obliterating the other calling stations.
- While running a frequency on 7.039, in retaliation for my sending "TNQP only", the run frequency became a member of the NTF - National Tuneup Frequency
- If I work the station ("you're 5-NINE, California") and other stations hear that, then they are motivated to call in like the first idiot. Pressing F-11 is an attempt to remedy that situation.
- Or, I can just call CQ as if he can't beard. The problem here is that the idiot might keep calling in, obliterating the weaker desired stations.
- When I call CQ in an other state QSO Party I sign WQ6X/6 so that it is properly spotted by the (RBN) Reverse Beacon Network. I follow this with WQ6X /CA (notice the SPACE), to further reiterate the fact that I am NoT in the state I am calling CQ to work.
If I signed WQ6X/CA (w/o the space), it might generate conflicting RBN entries.
You've read all of my diatribes detailing reasons why other stations should [probably] NoT call me.
What are YOUR Thoughts on all this?
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