I think Mike is refering to the hordes of cluster clickers that seemingly
refuse to listen to the operator. I've been on the receiving end of this. 10 or
12 dupes in a row, even though I was sending my call after every QSO. I finally
sent QRX several times and announced that my call is K0SR, not what you think
is on your computer, OK? Listen, listen!! And when they started calling again,
more dupes. The only thing I could do was leave a perfectly good run frequency
and start over somewhere else. They would NOT listen to what was being sent.
Once again I find myself in agreememnt with Art K3KU.
73 Steve K0SR
-----Original Message-----
From: Ria Jairam [mailto:rjairam@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 7, 2017 04:41 PM
To: 'Mike Tessmer', cq-contest@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Are you a Clueless Cluster Clicker?
One reason that cluster clickers could just enter erroneous callsigns arethe
ops who just keep calling QRZ instead of giving their call. They'reencouraging
people to use often busted cluster data by not identifyingfrequently. I try to
ID after every QSO but even if I don't, I don't go 10minutes without IDing. I
don't even go 2 minutes without IDing. Maybe weshould be encouraging fewer of
this behavior by not working them when theydon't ID?RiaN2RJOn Tue, Mar 7, 2017
at 6:33 PM Mike Tessmer wrote:> I've read a number contest reports from the
recent ARRL DX contests where> DX> ops share their annoyance with the large
number of dupes - all the result> of> erroneous cluster spots. I've experienced
the same in previous DX> operations.>>>> This past weekend I listened to an
exasperated S54ZZ on 80m tell caller> after caller "We've worked before, we've
worked before" all because he was> erroneously spotted as S51ZZ. He'd give his
call....and the guys just kept> calling. And when he'
d tell them they had already worked they'd just say> "59 ". VE3DZ/6Y2T (BY2T)
and the P40R (PV0R) ops both noted over> 500> dupes in the CW contest - all
because of erroneous cluster spots. The> erroneous spots are bad enough, but
what is worse (pathetic, really) is the> large number of the regular, high
scoring multi-op stations and> assisted/unlimited stations that feed these
piles - guys who have been> around for a long time, and presumably might have a
clue. Plenty of other> "calls" made the highlight reel this past weekend: JX5J
(ZX5J), TT3Z> (TO3Z), FK0N (5K0N), FJ2T (PJ2T)>>>> The question is why? Why do
you just blindly pounce on any spot without> considering whether or not it's
likely that is really the call on> frequency?> Are you just too lazy to process
that it's unlikely that there would be a> station QRV in JX, in the middle of
winter, with a commanding signal on 15m> beaming southeast? Are you just too
lazy to question a loud, clear BY on> 40m, beaming south,
when it's high noon in Beijing? Are you just too lazy> to question the
likelihood of a really loud TT3 station, again beaming> south/southeast...you
know, because there's such a plethora of activity> from> TT that they now issue
special prefixes for the ARRL DX contest?>>>> Are you a Clueless Cluster
Clicker?>>>> The floor is yours. Justify your actions!>>>> (Please spare us the
lectures on how/why occasional dupes may occur. That> is NOT AT ALL what is
happening here.)>>>>>> 73, Mike K9NW>>
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