Re: [DX-CHAT] How do we make better DXers?

[Pete D'Elia]

98% of the operators going to rare & semi-rare entities are very good at what they do. 99% of the problems with these operations are caused by us, the callers, by not following DXpedition’s instructions & requests, callers not knowing there own call signs, call area, country or continent, 20 people screaming up, lid, or 59 to some guy that forget to check which VFO he was on, etc.. That’s what really slows the rate down.   It’s like a child saying they didn’t get good grades, because it was the teacher fault. They won’t admit that they didn’t pay attention, follow instructions or study.    Most of us, including myself forget that these ops are typically in extremely hot or cold climates, sleeping in tents, constant generator noises, running to filling generators, using temporary stations/antennas, physically and mentally drained from hauling, setting up and anticipating breakdown, sleep deprived, constant buzz saw noise of thousands constantly calling and fitting off insects and rodents. With all that, they must be thrilled to hear, what about 2s you skipped over us, why are working JAs instead of NA, is this an SSB operation only - why, you worked eight 1s and only six 2s, your splits to wide, can you go to 12 CW right now I need you there, listen for my friend he's going to call you next, are you going to use LoTW, etc. by of a bunch of guys sitting in their comfortable shacks.   Whoever is going or pay the bills should have the final word on how they want to run THEIR operation. All we should say to them is; thank you for being there, I appreciate your sacrifice, expense and what you're doing for us.     73 Pete N2LM ----- Original Message ----- From: Dan Zimmerman N3OX To: dx-chat@njdxa.org Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2006 10:15 AM Subject: Re: [DX-CHAT] How do we make better DXers? The US call districts are still mostly populated by the right numbers, though this is a good point, especially when taken worldwide. Calling one 1 and then one 2 and one 3 and so forth has the advantage of NOT taking into account propagation (you're not trying to get only 1's, 2's, 3's before the band closes) What it does do if done correctly is slashes the pileup size on average by a factor of TEN and makes the other 9 numbers very patient because they know that in a few QSO's they get their chance. They can, as Charlie said, go get some coffee, or they can spend the next nine QSO's listening and coming up with a calling strategy.  It takes the pressure off. It's less stressful than taking ten or twenty from each district as propagation fades out.  Having worked DXpeditions that are using this method, I think it's a great way to thin a pileup.  Since a lot of successful pileup breaking is listening and thinking, this gives you 9 out of every 10 QSO's to work on that instead of yelling into the microphone. 73, Dan Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, dx-chat@njdxa.org This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org