This post could have been made 30 years ago.
Nothing has changed.
Suspect it never will.
But we can try
Get a good book on DXing and learn the proper way.

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"N1KI" wrote in message
...
Is it safe to assume that those who are calling each other lids and idiots
and
who are otherwise contributing to the festivities on a pile-up frequency
have
already worked the DX? Perhas they cannot hear him and want to ensure no
one
else can. Come on, people, take a deep breath and start repeating, "it's
just
a hobby, it's just a hobby...."

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