[CQ-Contest] Technique for calling DX in contests (fwd)

[David R. Andersen]

> However here is an example of another type of poor technique I
> observed in the contest.  A lot of people have their logging programs
> programmed to send the DX's call as part of the exchange, for example:
> 
> R HC1OT
> 		"the pack" responds
> W1XYZ 599-1234	
> 		HC1OT TU 599-028   <---  bad technique
> R HC1OT, etc
> 
> Why did W1XYZ send my call? 

Its difficult for me to believe that sending the callsign of the station you
are working is "poor operating technique."  I can imagine several reasons
why, in this example, W1XYZ would send your call.  Most probably, it is
so that the stations calling 200 Hz above you and 300 Hz below you aren't
mistaken into thinking that W1XYZ is working them.  This eliminates one of the
most common kinds of errors made by run stations - that of working callers
who are actually qsoing another station that can't be heard by you.

Or am I missing something?

Dave
K0RX

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