> 1) Getting fills was a tremendous amount of work. Guys obviously
> cannot copy the code - in fact I had to throw out a number of QSO's where
> I never got a fill.
>
> 2) Frequency stealing. Part 1: A CQ'er plops down on the frequency,
> sometimes nanoseconds after I let up the key - No QRL or anything!!
Oddly enough I had no problems with either of these. I don't think
I had a single fill request go unanswered. There were a few I just
couldn't copy, but they all tried. And, only two that I recall
having to coax the whole exchange out of.
Frequency stealers were only a problem on 20m, where without fail
a 4, 5, or 0 big gun in my skip zone would plop down on my frequency
as soon as I got going. I could barely hear them and they probably
couldn't hear me at all, so it was most efficient for me to just move.
On the low bands I would get a loud "QRL?" every time a QRP station
with slow fist would send his exchange to me...but they almost always
went away when I answered them. Very few just barged in and CQed.
-- Ray, WQ5L
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