[CQ-Contest] ethics on two questions...

[Gilmer, Mike]

W9WI wrote:
> What happens when you're S&Ping on the multiplier station and you find a
> station who may or may not be a mult but who never IDs?
> 
I grumble, then usually stick him in one of my radio's memories or in the
computer bandmap and move on.

>  In one case on
> Sunday afternoon, I encountered this situation with a loud station with
> a Down Under accent.  After listening to a few QSOs with no ID, I
> finally called him - gave him "QSL except for your callsign, you're 59
> 04".  He signed ZL-something - *not* a multiplier.  I simply didn't log
> the QSO.  How do people feel about the ethics of that?
> 
Well, you just potentially cost the ZL four QSOs because he will be not in
your log when processed by the software.

I suppose if you want to "teach him a lesson" for his lack of CQs, then,
well...
More likely you didn't have that intent, but the results are the same.

73 Mike N2MG



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