>> Bill, W4ZV said:
>> [snip]
>> An unscrupulous person (not me!) might discourage this by
>> intentionally spotting non-IDer's calls incorrectly by a dit or
>> two. Such as BY5A instead of 6Y5A, or ER8A instead of EF8A, etc. :-)
>> [end snip]
>>
>
> Maybe...but a person who wanted to get the point across might mis-spot them
> by one
> dit or dah, WHILE STILL PLACING THEM IN THE CORRECT ZONE (unlike your
> examples).
>
> Then BOTH parties might better get the message...make the runner ID and make
> the
> caller actually listen for the call. Otherwise, too easy to copy the
> mismatched zone, assuming
> they actually listen at all.
>
> de Doug KR2Q
A simple response is to only spot prefixes. It would be an interesting feature
for logging software to offer a "Spot Prefixes Only" option.
> http://www.qsl.net/ct1boh/callid.htm
> This is a very good article on the subject, written by Jose Nunes on his
> webpage "Contest CT1BOH"
>
> David
> HK1A
Yes, it is - from the DX's perspective. What is neglected is the analysis of
how many "channel-seconds" are required to be contributed by the pileup
inhabitants in order for the DX to save a certain number of channel-seconds by
not sending a call sign. Clearly, the cost in channel-seconds to the other
participants is far higher than any savings accrued by the DX station.
73, Ward N0AX
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