[CQ-Contest] IDing revisited...

[LRod at pobox.com]

>   The FCC rules states...I looked it up before I wrote this...

As did I before my last post.

> states: Part 97/119...must identify after EACH communication and at least
> every 10 minutes DURING a communication...

Exactly right. I said that, but I said it in parts in two different places.

> I have heard the theory that not IDing is a form of pileup control, but I
> consider this ridiculous... 

I merely reported what I had heard from people who I know to be world class 
operators. You're welcome to your conclusion.

> the fact that stations do not ID causes other stations to call in and become
> dupes in contest logs and dupes in DXpedition logs.... 

Then the operator who called without knowing who he is calling is the problem. 
And if it's a serious enough problem the DX station may change his operating to 
improve the situation. But it's still his call on whether to do that. Personally, I 
think the poor operator in this scenario isn't the DX op who doesn't ID enough.

> What could it possibly hurt to ID?

I don't disagree, but not everyone has the same idea, whatever their reasons. 


73, Rod K4QG     |  It's pronounced
                          |  "jig-a-byte" 
                          |  Look it up.

Never be afraid to try something new; 
remember amateurs built the Ark, 
professionals built the Titanic


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