i come across a pileup i don't know what's going on and i've just got this guy so
endlessly thank you i'll say i don't know what it's called sinus and i just find it annoying
you might find yourself in a position where you either using a club call sign
you're running a special event called sign or you're listening to a
special event called sign and you might be thinking my goodness can this guy get on with it
because i don't know about you i remember i was down in bude in cornwall and i thought oh
i'm gonna have a really nice couple of hours on the radio and it just so happens it was a couple
of years ago it was lighthouses on the air okay so there's all these special event called signs
there's people that are operating within you know certain radius of a lighthouse and they're
putting the lighthouse on there i mean it's a bit of a laugh isn't it it's a good excuse to get out
muck around with your radio and have a play now it wasn't until i listened to this and i realized
on a mix of blooming operator skills so whilst out there and they hadn't thought about
who is going to do the operating and how we're going to do this because
putting a station on is is hard enough you know joe's going to do the gear fred's going to do
the bacon sandwiches you know they've got everything and they've put the station up
and then it's like oh well i'll do the first hour you do the set but they haven't agreed what
they're going to say how they're going to say it and everything else and they had no idea because
you know it was a lighthouse on the air they they've got this fantastic and tip wire antenna
and it's getting out really well everybody's coming they're running this huge pileup
so and i think what happens is this is well it's just that's why it might not be true
is the pileup is so huge that when the lighthouse special event station finally gets
m0 mcx on the other end he like goes oh i'll keep this guy talking for a bit because i can't bear
the thought going back to this pile up right now i've done a video about pilot operating
and that and the system would maintain for that but effectively he needs to rattle
through the pile up as best he can because there is nothing worse than sitting on the
other end you know you're at home you've got your microphone your little radio and you've got this
special event call sign gb one abc calling you know from abergavenny lighthouse station and um
and he's talking and talking and talking and he's keeping this guy on the blower for quite a blower
it's an old military term for the telephone and um he's just not wrapping it up and when he does
finally wrap it up he's telling them that ev all the d you know he's very proud of the qrzed page
they've put together and all the details and the pictures of the lighthouse are on qrz.com we don't
give a shout man about the pictures we are now invested to get hold of you just to put your
call sign in the log that's all we want to do all right i promise you okay g1 abc qrz all the cool
signs comes at him eventually he'd pick someone and then he does another five minute over so what
should he be doing all right well if you re i did a video not so long ago and i'm not quite sure
what i'll do is i'll launch this one after that but it's all about managing a pile up and it's
it's called the standard pile up duration i'm not going to say how he manages the pile up but
this is how he manages the contact okay so the guy or the girl comes along and he finally picks
somebody picks me m0mcx so all he has to ask to do is um clarify that's definitely my call sign so he
gets me in the book m0 mcx yes you are five and nine five and eight four and three i don't care
my name is ben and initially i'd say that's all he has to do right back to you m0 mcx gb1 abc over
now it's my turn because i've invested the last 15 minutes trying to get through
i'm finally allowed and over we'll give him his 20 seconds hello ben my name's callum i'm
from just outside of birmingham running a ic7300 whatever or the new yaesu ft is it the 710 that
looks quite nice doesn't it um blah blah blah blah blah thanks for the contact ben all is ben needs
to do is wrap it up then and there ben says callum thanks very much uh all the best i've got a lot of
callers so i'm afraid i'll let it go but all the best you actually said please and by the way say
your blooming call sign right too many people go there's a wall of call signs i'll just say qrset
and there's nothing worse than coming along to a pileup not knowing i mean i very rarely use
the cluster i use i use the cluster when i'm live streaming but if i'm just on the
radio i don't bother using the customer i come across a pileup i don't know what's going on
and i've just got this guy so endlessly thank you i'll say i don't know what it's called sinus and
i just find it annoying i just want to be able to just log it or make a note oh that's gb1 abc is it
say you call sign q10 gb1abc listening all right then you get a wall of call signs again and do it
all over again uh m0 rmy thanks um you're five and nine my name's ben over that's it and tom will say
thank you very much ben now you're also five or nine my name's tom i'm from nottingham sounds like
you're having a good day all the best here thanks tom uh i'm keeping it short as you've probably
heard any other callers please a gb1 abc that's it it's really simple if you waffle you'll just
wind up everybody else who's trying to use the button by the way you'll lose your pileup they'll
go stuff this for a game of soldiers i'll go and find someone else who knows what they're doing
all right have i waffled enough probably i'll see you in the next one all the best guys bye for now