My solution to this problem is simple. I call them. If I'm a dupe, it wastes
their time, too. Good. I work them, and ask for their call. If they give their
call, and it's a dupe, it wastes their time, too. Good. If they still don't
send
it, I simply move on. I lose nothing, they get a much-deserved NIL. If more of
us did this, it would affect their behavior in future contests.
73,
Steve, N2IC
On 07/31/2012 09:12 AM, Bob Henderson wrote:
> This practice is becoming all too common. A legacy of cluster and RBN. We
> can't turn the clock back, so these technologies are here to stay. But we
> should not have to put up with this growing bad practice.
>
> I think the time has come for contest sponsors to mandate a minimum ID rate
> at say 3 Qs.
>
> Referee access to SDR technology would make identifying offenders a
> practical proposition.
>
> I would happily make a complaint about stations who don't ID after 3 Qs.
> It wouldn't be personal. After all, I wouldn't know who they were. All I
> need provide is time and frequency and the rest could be recovered from SDR
> recordings.
>
> I sincerely hope sponsors will move to clean up this mess before it gets
> any worse.
>
> On at least half a dozen occasions IOTA I listened to stations with>10Q
> runs and no ID. I didn't hang around to find out who they were.
>
> 73 Bob, 5B4AGN
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