[Dx-qsl] VP8THU OPERATION etc.

2002年1月22日 18:43:22 -0500

Re: Lids & Frequency Police etc.:
One thing I keep noticing, and it keeps getting worse each year, are the few
stations who are, for lack of a better term, poor sports -- ie just plain
rude. For example, when I was taught DX'ing back in college, it was
emphasized over & over that if the DX came back with a partial & it didn't
match, don't call! it wasn't you. Don't call out of district. And so on.
And first & foremost, if you made a mistake, apologize quickly & then SHUT
UP.
Fast forward to late last night. I heard a ZF station, on about 3510,
working a small pileup around 0430 Z. He stopped and started calling an ES
station on schedule. I heard at least two lids continually calling in the
background; sounded like they never came up for air. The ZF twice requested
they stand by, then twice threatened to QRT if they didn't shut up and stop
covering up his friend. They didn't shut up, he went QRT. Everyone lost.
If they had simply engaged brain before opening mouths, he could have worked
his sked & then continued on the pileup. So it goes.
Getting back to frequency cops: Up until the 1970's, there was a strong &
healthy fear of the wrath of the FCC that kept some of these jokers more or
less in line -- and remember, this was the time period when most major
cities had an FCC office with an Engineer-in-Charge & staff to monitor
primarily commercial stations, but us & the CB folk too. As that fear
receeded due to FCC cut backs, coupled with the doubling of the amateur
population & then some, coupled with newer equipment that aided working DX
in general... well, is it any wonder that the self-appointed freqy-cops (pun
intended) grew their ranks too? Now add in to the mix those sociopaths and
anarchists who like disrupting thing just because they can, or under the
misguided claim that it's their "right" to do so. The result? Ugly DX.
Which makes ALL of us look bad, especially to non-hams monitoring.
(And yes, I know many of these are not in the US & not within FCC
jurisdiction, but that's beside the point)
Rude behavior is rampant these days. Let's not forget the jokers who will
call "CQ Non Contest" on top of a contester running a frequency, and then
conveniently drop a cross-town 2 KW QSO there next -- and then complain
about QRM. Or the clowns who will discuss their drinking and dating habits
in a DX window when the band is open long. Or the schmucks who deliberately
hold a QSO starting 5 minutes before a published net starts on that net
frequency, just because they can. Or the utlimate putz who posts a phony
cluster spot, claiming a rare(r) DX is QRV on the frequency of a ragchew,
and the resulting instant pileup obliterates the ragchew while hundreds call
for a station that's not there. Some of these individuals are not just
rude, but sick. Sadly, retroactive birth control, no matter how justified
at time, is rarely legal.
73, ron wn3vaw
----- Original Message -----
From: John J Dize <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2002 6:15 PM
Subject: Re: [Dx-qsl] VP8THU OPERATION
When you have a rare dx entity like SSI on the air for 3 days,you can
expect big pileups.The main problem I heard was the diliberate attempt to
disrupt the dxpedition.If not for the tuning up on the listening freq,the
cops and policemen,and UP UP would not be needed.Tempers flared and
words were exchanged.All making it very hard to hear who VP8 was replying
to.The operators did all they could to reach as many as they could.They
were operating multi bands,multi mode at the same time.Hopefully SGI will
be a longer stay.Takes big bucks to do this.Millions of hams calling at
once is enough problems,you dont need to insight anything,just the sheer
pileups will be enough. W3BJ
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