I don't favor a contest rule requiring "frequent ID." The contest station primarily must follow the amateur service rules of his or her county - this is the bottom line. Not ID'ing frequently (select
I like to hear a station ID every 2 or 3 contacts, however I can understand that someone who is going 45 + and has a big pile might be trying to work the pile down a bit before IDing an having the pi
Ya know honesty would be nice too, How many people use contests to grab that state they still need or country, and claim hey worked them. But if calls on both ends were not sent it isn't a valid qso
The pile may be there partly because instead of 6Y5?? being on the cluster they saw BY5??. Some will actually check the call being sent by the station and realize it is 6Y and not BY. Some will hear
I fear beginning contesters might be hearing a few loud signals not ID'ing at all and think that waiting in line to work a mystery station is what contesting is all about. The beginning contesters ma
In the big DX Contests, I find that there are a few serious contesters who don't ID enough. It is a small number -- for most good contesters know they are going to have more NILs and dupes if they do