After having witnessed the VP6DX and TX5C pileups (as well as pileups over the past 31 years)...but ESPECIALLY the last few years..... It is still amazing to me the number of "operators" who do not manage DX PILEUPS well....
In an age of computers ...(if you don't have one hooked up for spotting or seeing spots....
HELLO!...better get on board!...) where every Tom, Dick, and Harry have to post their two cents worth....whether they hear the DX station or not....there is NO WAY ANYONE can NOT KNOW a DX STATION is LISTENING UP..... or working SPLIT!
If you are an operator and do not care one iota about what others think of you when you "accidentally" transmit on the DX's TX frequency, then SHAME ON YOU!...you can NOT be considered a good operator if you don't care! PERIOD!
SO.....when you are working a station....LISTEN LISTEN LISTEN first....check the clusters do something....but DO NOT TRANSMIT on the DX's freq!!!! ESPECIALLY a BIG DXPEDITION!!!! People WILL make mistakes....but damn it man.....do your part up front and KNOW how to operate your radio...and MAKE DAMN SURE your TX and RX frequencies are correct...it only takes 2.9 seconds at most! If it takes longer than that.....Sell your radio for one that you CAN operate well!
EU has gotten a bad reputation because of most of its mannerless operating...and the US is close behind..... I know why......but I will save that for another BLOGGING day! This era of NO CODE, non technical upgrading is for the birds.....but there are still good and bad that go with it....enough said before my blood pressure rises!!! ....
SO.....as a tip....if the DX is working split and you are transmitting on THEIR FREQUENCY...YOU are NOT OPERATING SPLIT....and win the BONEHEAD AWARD!!!.. How would you like it if your dentist or doctor operate with the same disregard??? AHhhhh makes sense now doesn't it!!!!
Now!....get off your ass and call CQ!!!!
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