Ken WM5R commented: I agree 100%. I've long felt packet was a corruptive influence in contests. K1TTT's analysis serves only to show us the molecule of water at the tip of the iceberg. Even the multi
Well even though this was my first real contest effeort as a operator for the N8HKI attempt at Multi-One, I found that the packet spots were only helpful if we were having trouble getting a clear cop
the most important organisers of contests think packet is a good thing. Even more hams are hooked on internet with such a bad things like WP2Z and KP4US mults declared as W/K. There is no way of sto
The really annoying thing I found this weekend were the stations who were only identifying every 5 or 10 minutes because they had a steady diet of packet assisted stations feeding their pileups who k
Totally agree. It takes ABOUT the same time to say a call unphonetically as to say QRZ, and would keep the pile-up happier. Maybe bigger, but still happier. And therefore more controlled and quicker.
Author: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kenharker@kenharker.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2005 07:31:27 -0800
If a station isn't identifying, it's almost always to your advantage as a caller to simply call them and ask for their callsign when you get through. If you don't get through, you're no worse off tha
Un chasseur sachant chasser chasse sans son chien. 73, de Hans, K0HB -- http://www.home.earthlink.net/~k0hb _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contest
Yes, same complaint. How much more difficult can it be to just say your call sign after each contact rather than QRZ? -- Alan Zack Amateur Radio Station K7ACZ Las Vegas, Nevada, USA Quality Engineer,
Send your call each QSO like ZD8Z/N6TJ does. 73 de Mike, W4EF..................................................... AMEN !!! 73 Rag LA5HE _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mai
As someone else has pointed out, the packet spotting network was designed and built by and for contesters. To shut it down for contests or not to use it would be contrary to it's whole reason for exi
Folks, I realize that packet causes lots of problems in contests but it is not the cause of all evil in contesting. There have been lots of stations that identify infrequently for years...certainly b
This is not true. See http://lists.contesting.com/pipermail/cq-contest/2005-January/060131.html and look at #3. 73! Nat WZ3AR _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list C
Well, Nat, he has everytime I've heard him, but of course since he was signing his call everytime when I heard him, I didn't have to listen to him very long before I knew who he was and could work hi
And therein is the problem. You, and others, said: ""Outlawing packet tomorrow would not have the impact that many might hope. We have large numbers of stations that are not entering the contest but
I don't think PACKET causes people not to ID frequently. It just seems to be some people's nature to say QRZ after a contact rather than give their call. Nothing to do with PACKET. -- Alan Zack Amate
Nat thank you for posting that link. I was particularly interested with this sentence by N6TJ: "" Strive to feel comfortable in what you're doing."" Last week during the phonetics thread N7MAL(me) sa
OR......one could move to Wyoming... and live without packet networks. And when it is decided to work the contest assisted... one better plan for where the assistant is going to sit, because the assi
Mal, I generally like to have some idea of the outcome before I make changes. We don't have much real data about packet usage, and it's negative and positive influences in various contests. We have a
Who uses packet anyway I always use Telnet 73 fer nw, Bob N5IET 10X# 37210, FP#-1141, SMIRK#-5177 http://www.n5iet.com/ Code may be taking a back seat for now, but the pioneering spirit that put the
I too, as a low power operator hate the packet spots. Does me no good to be spotted, because I usually can't hold a freq to call CQ for long, and when I do a good job of finding that tough to get mul