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Re: [CQ-Contest] Rising IQ This Year

To: "Kelly Jones" <kjones@virtualcohesion.com>,<CQ-Contest@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Rising IQ This Year
From: <ve4xt@mts.net>
Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2008 12:19:48 -0600
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Kelly is right: there should be some ack to TTT before moving to K1AR.
The point was to illustrate moving on to the next guy w/o opening up a general 
QRZ, since that's what 
the thread is about, not necessarily illustrating the absolute correct 
procedure for doing so.

73, kelly
ve4xt
> 
> From: "Kelly Jones" <kjones@virtualcohesion.com>
> Date: 2008/12/05 Fri AM 11:27:30 CST
> To: <CQ-Contest@contesting.com>
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Rising IQ This Year
> 
> I've been watching this thread with interest and I think Kelly (VE4XT) hit
> it on the head.  While I'm more of a Dxer than contester, being on "the
> other side" is worthy of comment.
> 
> Many times having a huge pileup slows the Q rate way down.  I've found that
> NOT giving my call after every Q tends to thin out the pile thus increasing
> my rate.  And I can certainly tell when I've been spotted.  If I am not
> giving my call after every Q, I do make it a point to drop it in after every
> 5 or so Qs, however.
> 
> The one thing I will take issue with, however, is Kelly's illustration of
> the QSO below.  Kelly says:
>  
> > Also, I don't see anything wrong with the following:
> > 
> > pileup: xadapug%&(*&D   K1TTT    (*&)%&^$%&DLHDI&^*(%^(*&#@@  
> >   K1AR   &)&)^&^()*&^
> > me: k1ttt 599 8
> > k1ttt: 599 5
> > me: k1ar 599 8
> > k1ar: 599 5
> > me: tu 6y1v
> 
> I see a HUGE problem with the above.  By not providing a TU, QRZ, Thanks, or
> *something* between the K1TTT and K1AR QSOs, you've just indicated to the
> pileup to call and call and call and that if I can get my call in on top of
> some other chump, you'll take me.  Bad idea.
> 
> The other end has to control the pileup or his rate will suffer.  Not
> signing your call after every Q is one method of doing this, but PLEASE
> don't take calls without first indicating it's ok to call.
> 
> My 2 cents -
> Kelly - N0VD
> 
> 
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