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You couldn’t make this stuff up: things heard in the pileup ...
From an overwhelmed KH6 in Field Day:
“
OK guys, too many callers ...
”
... QRM QRM QRM ...
“
OK, guys, just the GOOD operators ...
”
... QRM QRM QRM ...
“
OK guys, just the GOOD operators, with BIG signals, call now!
”
Thanks for that gem Dan W5XZ
“
The station with Italy in the callsign - call NOW!
”
From a struggling DX op:
... QRM QRM QRM ...
“
Please call one at a time ...
”
... QRM ... [some were laughing too hard]
From a list-style DX op:
“
QRZ number three, only number three please ...
”
... QRM QRM QRM ...
“
Italy four alpha bravo charlie, you are not a three so I will not acknowledge you.
”
“Thanks: who am I calling?”
QRM QRM QRM
“It’s VK0KEV, Fred”
QRM QRM
“VK who?”
QRM
“It’s VK0KEV Fred and you’re 5-9 on Macquarie Island”
QRM QRM
“VK something, sorry I’m still missing your call. I don’t know who you are
but you obviously know me. Well anyway you are 5-9 and there are
loads of people calling you, over”
“VK0KEV VK0KEV”
[bedlam]
“UP UP QSY UP!!! [idle idle] QSY UP!! UP!!”
Transmitted in RTTY ... right on top of TU2T
“Why are you tuning up on this frequency, you lid?”
Transmitted on TU2T’s frequency ... by a VK2 who had just worked them ...
Further contributions welcome, MP3 recordings especially.
If you hear something funny in the pileup, email me the details.
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