aa4lr@arrl.net wtote:
> I only spent a few hours in the WPX SSB this weekend, but I was very
> frustrated with the number of stations who would finish a contest QSO and
> then simply say: "QRZed?".
>
> This sort of poor operating technique makes me want to crawl through the
> radio and throttle the guy on the other end. I wish there were a rule
> that stated operators had to send their callsign for every QSO, or if
> they used QRZ, they would have to use it in conjunction with their
> callsign.
>
> As a low power operator who spends a lot of time in S & P mode, these
> operators who refuse to sign until you ask waste everyone's time,
> including their own.
>
>
>
agreed Bill,
80% of my time in this contest was S&P mode and I had to wait
2-3 minutes sometimes to find out the callsign!
Another bad behaviour of callers is to use only their last two letters...
73
Peter
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