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April 9th 04, 07:21 PM

In article , lid wrote:
Phil wrote:
Thank you for the sermon and the finger-pointing. Of course, quoting from
your site, "After concluding I probably wasn't going to break the pile of
Europeans (and realizing I don't need T33 on 20m CW) " I think it is
wonderful
that you contributed for a while to the pile up so those of us who do need
T33
can have a greater sense of accomplishment when (if) we ever do break that
pile up. Do you also help us out by yelling "up up" on the dx's frequency?

That's a pretty huge jump...

- Calling a DX station who you've not worked before, but who's in a
country you have worked.
- Being an "UP" station.

Kinda like equating inadvertently transmitting your call once on 7.060
SSB because you forgot to press SPLIT, and being a freebander.

Guess this explains why this kind of calling out-of-turn continues: dare
to expose it, and get slammed.....

My intent was to point out the "first stone" principle. Memorializing the
operating habits of others on your "wall of shame" is a bit hypocritical
unless your own operating habits are beyond reproach. Did you ask for these
stations permission before you included their call signs, or did you "slam"
them without considering their side of the issue?

I can understand the desire to work a new dx-pedition, but I usually wait
until after the first few days while the more avid of the bunch determine
"who's is bigger". There is usually plenty of time to work the dx-pedition
without trashing up the bands with huge, unruly pile-ups. In fact, it seems
to me that most dx-peditions begin to sound lonely in the final days of their
operations. If you already have it confirmed and don't plan to QSL anyway,
why not wait until then to get your contact? ...unless you need to prove
something....

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