I think it is a very poor practice to receive a report, send your report and
then removed the station from your log unless you have a good reason to
believe that the station did not log you. There should be something in the
rules prohibiting this practice. Most stations will ask you to repeat the
report and work hard to copy it correctly before moving on to the next
station. If the station just sends his callsign, QRZ, dit dit, etc, that
may be his way of acknowledging the contact and moving on to the next
caller. Listen to the operator's operating style before calling.
John KK9A / P40A
----- Original Message -----
From: <KB3LIX@comcast.net>
To: <john@kk9a.com>; "Contest, CQ" <CQ-Contest@contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 01, 2013 19:59
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] NILs hurt
I consider an acknowledgement to be a:
TU
OK
GL
Got it
Something along those lines. CERTAINLY nothing fancy,
just a reply that they got the exchange. Frankly, I do NOT want
them to repeat MY exchange, that wastes too much time, mine and theirs.
Many times I will try to ask IF they got the exchange, and most if not
all times they just keep slugging away.
Understand, I am not a biggie.
100w, a 4BTV & a homemade 130' doublet, so I do not
have a "big mouth" and when I ask for a confirmation, I am often
drowned out by the cacophony of other callers.
I have lost quite a few multipliers due to my impatience or
stubbornness or whatever it is and that HURTS, but I cannot in good
consience
count Q's that I do not consider complete.
bill 73 KB3LIX
----- Original Message -----
From: john@kk9a.com
To: cq-contest@contesting.com
Cc: KB3LIX@comcast.net
Sent: Sunday, September 1, 2013 12:04:36 PM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] NILs hurt
What do you consider an acknowledgement? Many stations, including myself,
running at a high rate, just give a quick TU, thanks or just say their
callsign looking for the next contact. I never repeat your exchange. If I
did not copy it I would ask for a repeat.
John P40A
To:"Contest, CQ" <CQ-Contest@contesting.com>
Subject:[CQ-Contest] Fwd: NILs hurt
From:KB3LIX@comcast.net
Date:Sun, 1 Sep 2013 03:53:16 +0000 (UTC)
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If I do not get a solid acknowledgement from another station in a contest,
I DELETE the ENTRY in my logging program.
Of course, I am NOT a big time contester, just a small fish,
but I figure if they are in too much of a rush to skip the confirmation,
they DESERVE the NIL...Not me.
I am sure most will say I am FOS, but too bad.
That is my way of doing things.
bill KB3LIX
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