Re: [DX-CHAT] re How do we make better DXers?
That's a funny story Peter. Yanks do tend to be a bit parochial and have this belief that "global" means everywhere between California and Maine :-) Dave G0OIL - Original Message From: Peter Forbes [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: dx-chat@njdxa.orgSent: Thursday, 3 August, 2006 10:24:45 PMSubject: [DX-CHAT] re How do we make better DXers? A classic example of cultural misunderstanding? Last Saturday afternoon (local time), KH8SI was coming into Australia S9+20 on 14 mhz SSB. The American operator was using a combination of number and area by insisting on " east coast 1's, 2's and 3's" The inexperienced VK operators (of whom there are many who only operate weekends) kept calling and calling and calling. The KH8 operator was quite abusive telling the VKs to shutup, the VKs were quite abusive because they were doing exactly what the operator was asking for. This went on for about 30 minutes, until one of the experienced ZL operators was able to catch the attention of the KH8 operator and point out that "east coast 1's 2's and 3's was EXACTLY where VK1, VK2 and VK3 were situated! Inexperience on behalf of the VKs or the KH8 or both Cheers Peter VK3QI
[DX-CHAT] re How do we make better DXers?
A classic example of cultural misunderstanding? Last Saturday afternoon (local time), KH8SI was coming into Australia S9+20 on 14 mhz SSB. The American operator was using a combination of number and area by insisting on " east coast 1's, 2's and 3's" The inexperienced VK operators (of whom there are many who only operate weekends) kept calling and calling and calling. The KH8 operator was quite abusive telling the VKs to shutup, the VKs were quite abusive because they were doing exactly what the operator was asking for. This went on for about 30 minutes, until one of the experienced ZL operators was able to catch the attention of the KH8 operator and point out that "east coast 1's 2's and 3's was EXACTLY where VK1, VK2 and VK3 were situated! Inexperience on behalf of the VKs or the KH8 or both Cheers Peter VK3QI
Re: [DX-CHAT] re How do we make better DXers?
Only one way around it! One call district for each grid square, worldwide. 73, N34595OX Only 34,592 call districts to go before they get to me. but I've seen operators literally go by prefix (i.e. W1, K1, N1) so I wouldn't know whether to call or not! 73 - Jim AD1C 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
