[NCDXA] DX Pet Peeve

[Bill Mims]

I would like to chime in with the same peeve. I have a very modest station-  no amp, wire antenna. I am ecstatic to work a rare DX. The big guns brag about working them on multiple bands and modes, while I am working hard for just one contact. 

I wrote to the pilot for the TX5N expedition, and asked if at least occasionally the operators might ask the pile up for only those stations who needed an ATNO to call. I wonder if every DXpedition could do that. 

73

Bill
W2WCM 

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> On Apr 30, 2022, at 1:45 PM, Fred Matos via NCDXA <ncdxa at ncdxa.org> wrote:
> 
> 
> Hello DXers,
> 
> Here is one of my pet peeves....best told by an example....there's a huge pileup to work a DX station.   A station breaks through, and says "Hello Juan.  Good to work you again.  Your 59 signal is stronger today than it was last Friday."
> 
> I recall operating YI3DX, and I received a QSL card from a fellow who worked me six times on 20 CW.  They were not contest QSOs, so there wasn't any good reason to work me six times.
> 
> I worked P29LL here on 20 CW on Saturday morning.   I checked his QRZ.com page, and he has the same peeve as I do.
> 
> The following is from his page:
> 
> I've noticed that more than 50% of my recent QSOs are duplicates and I find this figure excessive. Some days, the amount of duplicates has reached 100% of the QSOs in my log. I can understand that some people give me a call to say hi or have a chat when propagation is not good, but I cannot understand why stations work me for the tenth time on the same band, the same mode, the same month and in the middle of a huge pile-up, just to get a "59" report.
> I also think that duplicates prevent other stations from getting the QSO with Papua New Guinea, which is a relatively sought country. You must understand that many radio amateurs have weak signals because of the power restrictions of their licenses. Also, some far away stations can only hear me during the grey line, waking up very early in the morning and during certain days of the year only. Let's behave like gentleman and let's use common sense: I don't work / log duplicates if they are in the same band and the same mode. QSOs in new bands or new modes are always welcome. I hope this is understandable.
> 
> 73,
> 
> Fred
> W3ICM
> 
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