ARLA/CLUSTER: Uma nova redefinição do Q-code em Itália durante o encontro de importantes DXers

[João Costa > CT1FBF]

 REDEFINED Q-CODE BORN TO MAKE TRAFFIC SMOOTH AND MARK LOST SOULS

What a wonderful occasion it was when DXers in Italy gathered in Rome
to celebrate a new Q-code, to get together for a fun evening and to
work hard on a DX University paper and questionnaire relating to TX3X
due
for release soon. Also, Martti, OH2BH was honored to activate HV0A on
both days of the weekend. See www.ariroma.it/wp/?p=2567

A redefined Q-code  ( QTX ) is promoted to communicate the state of
affairs clearly from both ends of the DXpedition circuit. The approach
was renamed  "DX CHASE: IT TAKES TWO TO TANGO".

The new meaning of QTX

When a DXpedition operator clearly spells out a callsign and a number,
it simply means that a targeted station should stop transmitting for a
specified time period, say 1 hour, and then come back with a retuned
method and mind.
Alternatively, a DXer can send QTX with band and time to a pilot
station indicating that a specific DXpedition operator's efficiency
and throughput  - the rate, that is - has reached a point where the
DXpedition operator cannot handle the task at hand, so much so that it
all results in a chaotic situation. The DXpedition management folks
should then act accordingly to deal with this unfortunate operator.

The original definition of QTX

This is the original definition of QTX: Will you keep your station open
for further communication with me until further notice (or until.... hours)?
I will keep my station open for further communication with you until
further notice (or until....hours).

The new QTX code was released on exactly the same hour at the ARI DX
summit in Rome, Italy and the RSGB Convention in the UK.

OPDX