I usually contest unassisted and long ago got over my embarrassment at
chirping Your Call? to elicit QRZ's actual ID.I hear ops not even running a
pileup do it, which makes zero sense as it generally takes the same amount of
time to ID properly.
73, Sandy N7RQ
On Tuesday, November 14, 2023 at 06:14:25 PM MST, Ria Jairam
<rjairam@gmail.com> wrote:
I think "QRZ" has a wall full of winning contest plaques in his shack,
come to think of it.
Ria
N2RJ
On Tue, Nov 14, 2023 at 5:00 PM JOHN GEIGER via CQ-Contest
<cq-contest@contesting.com> wrote:
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> In most contests, isn't giving your callsign part of the requirement for a
> QSO? I hear many stations running who only give their call once every few
> QSOs. It would seem that the QSOs when they don't ID wouldn't be valid.
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> 73 John AF5CC
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> ---- On Tue, 14 Nov 2023 08:59:53 -0600 Joe <nss@mwt.net> wrote ---
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> I agree about making a "NIL" on his contact.
>
> This makes me wonder if the contest sponsor is actually checking the
> logs even with that relaxed way of thinking.
>
> Not logging him is a start, But at the same time you are also
> punishing yourself too.
> You spent the time making the somewhat contact.
>
> I wonder what the offending stations Cabrillo file looks like. if it has
> the signal report in it.
>
> The only thing I can see doing is in the soapbox areas complain about
> people doing this,
> and maybe post recordings of the offense happening, and let the
> tradition of being self policing happen?
>
> If it is a part of the exchange it MUST be included.
>
> Joe WB9SBD
>
> On 11/13/2023 11:47 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
> > On 11/13/2023 6:14 PM, Hans Brakob wrote:
> >> Below is an exchange of emails with the contest manager who seems not
> >> concerned about my inquiry. His attitude seems to be "it happens all
> >> the time so we let it slide".
> >
> > So it's OK for stations to drop stuff like their call from the SS
> > exchange, and the report from that RTTY contest, so that at the end of
> > the contest they've made better rate and a higher score?
> >
> > On SSB, I can tell them that it's part of the exchange, but not on CW.
> > Maybe the solution is for those of us who care to simply not log the QSO!
> >
> > 73, Jim K9YC
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