Doug, I am very disappointed to read such comments, especially from one
experienced guy like yourself.
You of all people should know - there are some guys that need a call to be
repeated to them not only once... So, what is the next move?
A DX station must ask each guy he works if his call is actually received on
the other end so he won't get penalized?
In such manner it is very easy to make a guy that you dislike get penalized
by simply removing him from your LOG.
Especially if your LOG is not competitive.
Then what to do about those guys who call @10 WPM? Let's penalize them,
because they significantly slow the rate down.
I think a procedure should be very simple - either you wait, or you give on
the guy and go work another one. Don't create a problem where there isn't
one.
Someone suggested a fair solution - if you don't get DX's call after 3-4 QSO
(you set the level for yourself), simply move and don't call the guy.
But if you worked the guy - then you MUST log him. Otherwise the whole thing
does not make any sense.
Yuri VE3DZ (PZ5T last weekend)
----- Original Message -----
From: "doug smith" <om>
To: "CQ-Contest" <CQ-Contest@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, November 29, 2010 7:46 PM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Frustration this weekend.....
OnI didn't move on -- I called them. After all, it might be a needed mult..
If they then IDd (or IDd in the next QSO), I logged them. If they
didn't -- well, it's pretty hard to log a QSO with a station who
doesn't have a callsign...
IMHO we should all adopt this procedure. It will have two effects on
guys who don't ID:
1. They will waste enormous amounts of time working dupes.
2. They will end up with a very high NIL rate.
Hopefully that will spur them to adopt more ethical operating procedures.
(I realize not IDing frequently increases the CQer's QSO rate. It
does so by greatly *reducing* the rate of the S&Pers who work them.
IMHO it's not all that horribly different from hanging a white noise
generator over your competitor's guy wire.....)
==
Doug Smith W9WI
Pleasant View, TN EM66
http://www.w9wi.com
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