Please Slow Down
Most of you will recognize this sign on a lot of our roadways. However, this sign applies to Ham Radio, too. Over the this last weekend of March 2023, I was operating portable hunting Parks on the Air. I came upon a prominent You Tube contributor who is relatively new to CW POTA activations. Upon his posting of his activation in POTA Spots, the very nature of his call sign undoubtedly brought a lot of attention. I listened for a few minutes and sure enough, he was being bombarded. Many wanted to get the opportunity to work this You Tube contributor. There were signals on top of signals and even I was having difficulty making out some of the calls. I could hear speeds from what seemed like 12 WPM to 25 WPM. I mean hunters were all over him. This was truly " MARCH MADNESS" . As I listened I could tell he wasn't accepting calls from what I considered the strongest stations. What was going on? What was happening is most of the hunters did not see or were unaware