The beautiful Norfolk Island.
Chris VK3QB, Luke VK3HJ and David VK3BDX offered me a spot in the four members team. I've accepted fast and gratefully.
After few days of operating and handling the pileups I have to release this:
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Dear EU operators,
How come that I/we can
work rates up 100 Q's per hour working US and JA stations? How come
the rate drops below 50 Q's or as it was this morning to 25 Q's per
hour?
Believe we try to work
as many as possible, but you guys are making it just so hard. Please
respond just with you call sign and try not to transmit over each
other.
There is most obviously
a new game in town. With the use of panadaptor (most radios have
one) you can easily find where I/we are listening. Great feature.
But why are you “dropping” on me/us before I/we complete the QSO.
I can't hear the station I'm working and I can't hear you. Both
signals are on top of each other. NO QSO then. Too many repeats and
the rate is a quarter of what it was with the other continents.
Please wait for the QSO
to finish and then call. I'm happy to hear you on the same frequency
(saves me reaching for the tuning knob). BUT DON'T CALL ON TOP GOING
QSO.
If I call with a part
of your callsign I need your callsign only once.
I don't need the 5NN
more than once. Actually I don't need the 5NN at all, but it is
convention so send it only once.
With your panadaptor,
please find a free slot and put your signal there I'll find it. It
may take a minute, but I'll find it.
In the picture above
there are approx 19 signals. Should be easy. It is not if you don't
spread and if you don't keep dropping on going QSO.
Please reconsider. We
are, all of us you and us the DX in it for the fun. The battle we
are facing is NOT FUN.
Cheers
73
Patrick VK2PN your
humble operator and the rest of the team.
