Great ideas except for number 2.
A single, 1, then 2, then 3, etc. would just be more frustrating. If you
don't get through on that one call, then you must wait through nine more
qso's before calling again. I would prefer to wait for the 3's, then get a
number of tries at it.
73, Tim - N3XX
----- Original Message -----
From: "Charles Harpole" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <dx-chat@njdxa.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2006 4:54 AM
Subject: RE: [DX-CHAT] How do we make better DXers?
The answer to this question is MAKE BETTER DXPEDITION OPERATORS.....
The main reason ordinarily placid people become "caller mad men" is
simple.... FRUSTRATION !
How to reduce frustration?
1. The DX op must be a general, establish a calling pattern and never
never vary.
2. The DX op should call by numbers in this way.... call one one and then
one two and then one three, and so on. This method has many benefits the
largest of which is it reduces the FRUSTRATION level of the callers....
90% of the bad callers are just regular people who have been driven
temporarily crazy by a bad DX operator's methods. The other 10% are just
crazy, probably at birth.
Results of "call by numbers" are:
-Makes absolutely clear when one should call.... no ambiguity which leads
to FRUSTRATION.
-Allows callers to break away from the rig for a few minutes to get coffee
or something without losing any calling time. A break reduces
FRUSTRATION.
-This method eliminates the gripes that "he is favoring JA or he is only
working the East Coast when my area is really in the best propagation
now." All "ones" are equal this way yielding lowered FRUSTRATION.
-The DX op can slightly vary from this pattern if there are vastly more of
one number than all others.
3. DX op must establish a reasonable split (10 kc?) and must MOVE FREQ
AFTER EVERY QSO and move in the same direction. This is a pain for the DX
op, but it REDUCES FRUSTRATION because callers can select a freq and STAY
THERE instead of doing the guessing game and moving around a lot. This
eliminates tail-enders --which, when taken, increases other callers'
FRUSTRATION. It also eliminates the extra deep pile on the freq. where a
good QSO was just completed. (The time lost in moving freq. is made up by
a more orderly pile up.)
4. The DX op should give QSL info and state his op method every half
hour. Anyone can wait a half hour and knowing the info is on sked reduces
FRUSTRATION.
5. The DX op must NEVER call a partial and then go back to someone else
with none of the first letters nor numbers.... Bad Example is "QRZ the
W3" and then.... "G7XXX ur 59" . The op must stick with his "partial"
forever if it takes that, otherwise there is no reason to stand by if the
DX is just going to take anyone regardless of his "directed QRZ."
6 and a pet complaint.... do not claim u r at a DX location "to do
propagation experiments" and then send only 5-9 sig reports. Oh, well.
Hams who live near frequent offenders must take it on themselves to take
the bad guy to lunch (ideally in a group) and gently get to the point of
his bad ops. Suggest alternatives, be helpful, but pass the message that
we hear u and do not like it.... IN PERSON.
73,
Charles Harpole, HS0ZCW
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Charles Harpole
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