Zoran Brlecic wrote:
David L Thompson wrote:

I keep seeing comments from European stations about stations in SE Asia
often working Stateside or East Coast only. The path from Atlanta to
XZ is
usually only open for a few minutes
above 20 meters (if at all). So far they have been readable on 12,
15, and
17 but nothing on 10 (either BQ9P or XZ).

So please have patience and allow East Coast stations to have a crack
at the
rare DX. The path to Europe is much easier and open for several
hours even
when conditions are poor.



Come on, David... listen to any given pile-up. Most of the callers don't
even have the courtesy to stop sending their calls when the dx is in a
QSO, and you expect them to do this?

Wish I could say grin but...

I fondly remember a day when you could break a pileup by figuring out
where the DX was listening and call just a bit higher. Today, it's a
lost cause - you'll never find the guy he's working among all the
continuous callers.

Heard BQ9P twice over the weekend but never strong enough to work.
Likewise with VK9X. (did hear someone *calling* VK9XYL on 15 Sunday but
no response) VK9CD was victim to the continuous caller syndrome - I
don't need VK9C so didn't waste my time.

What I *should* do is start writing down the continuous callers & post a
list here...
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Doug Smith W9WI
Pleasant View (Nashville), TN EM66
http://www.w9wi.com