I'm sure that spotting technology has encouraged the practice, but I
remember, many years before the DX clusters came into being, feeling
similar frustration with many of the high-rate big guns of that era.
However, I thought ZD8Z had proved onvce and for all that identifying
after every QSO was a net plus.
73, Pete N4ZR
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On 12/1/2010 7:35 AM, Paul J. Piercey wrote:
> This is a product of the cluster/skimmer technology and it's really annoying
> for those of us who don't use the cluster. Being made to wait several
> minutes to hear the call of a station is not good radio etiquette. These
> stations are relying on the spots to identify them so one could argue that,
> as well as those receiving spots to search out contacts are being "assisted"
> in a contest, those who are themselves spotted are being "assisted" in
> making contacts by the virtue of the advertisment of the spot. It is passive
> assistance given that it is not initiated by the spotted station but no less
> than someone overhearing a conversation where a station's operating
> frequency is revealed in a conversation on the air and acting upon it.
>
> Thanks -- Paul VO1HE
>
>
>
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> [mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Bill Tippett
> Sent: November 30, 2010 13:42
> To: CQ-Contest@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Frustration this weekend.....
>
>
>
> > Is it me or is the issue with DX signing their call sign once
> every 1-3 minutes
> (sometimes more!) getting extremely frustrating?
>
> 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. :-)
>
> Let the non-IDers beware!
>
> 73, Bill W4ZV
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