I think its a fairly standard practice NOT to send your call everytime when
there is a pileup calling. It's quicker to send and it thins out the herd,
making it easier to copy a call and get the job done. Another thing I like
about it is that it gives the little guy or often rarer DX a better chance of
getting thru if he/she sticks in there. What I will do is ID about once a
minute regardless OR if someone sends me a ? or CL?, I'll ID at the next TU or
other break in the action.
Of course there are lots of other tricks to working pileups, but the above is
one of my favorites and is most efficient.
I think it is IRRESPONSIBLE for anyone to make the QSO and then purposely not
log it without at least giving the other station a chance to ID for you if
that's what you personally require. If you cant do that, then you shouldnt be
calling at all until you copy his call.
73, Ty K3MM
Nov 29, 2010 09:36:16 PM, w2up@comcast.net wrote:
I usually call the guy, then before giving a report, send CALL? It
usually works. Once in a while I'll get a TU. if he logged me, without
me sending a report and without me knowing his call, he'll be dinged 3
QSOs for his "efficient operating" as there's nothing in my log.
Barry W2UP
On 11/29/2010 5:33 PM, Zack Widup wrote:
> I heard one station sending "5NN 33" but he didn't send his callsign
> in over three minutes, so I passed him by. Lots of stations to work
> who ARE sending their calls.
>
> 73, Zack W9SZ
>
> On 11/29/10, Todd Atkins wrote:
>> These guys would work more stations if they'd just id more frequently.
>> Oftentimes I'd run across one of these mystery stations that refused
>> to ID but as soon as he did, WHAM a whole horde of guys calling. And
>> unless it's some needed mult. in a difficult location, I'm not
>> sticking around. I don't need to fight a pile-up for a common
>> entity/zone. I suspect I'm not the only one that moves on rapidly in
>> these situations.
>>
>> -Todd/KN4QD
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 12:57 PM, Shane Mattson-->K1ZR
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Is it me or is the issue with DX signing their call sign once every 1-3
>>> minutes (sometimes more!) getting extremely frustrating? The worst
>>> example was a station in the Africa region who decided to run split on
>>> 15M and informed callers of their callsign and RX frequency every 1-3
>>> minutes causing a pileup of callers on their TX frequency and a swath of
>>> stations sending 'Up', 'Up', 'Up'. Seriously, not everyone relies on
>>> packet spots and it would be great if the DX could sign their call
>>> every 4-5 q's. This is where bogus spots on the cluster cause major
>>> problems as I'm sure that those who simply point and shoot to a spotted
>>> mult work 'em and move on before actually hearing the station's call.
>>> Help!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -Shane K1ZR
>>>
>>>
>>>
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