[CQ-Contest] CONTEST IDing

[Kenneth E. Harker]

On Thu, Nov 30, 2000 at 08:09:31PM -0800, James B. Neiger wrote:
> 
> While I'm on the subject:  another pet peeve:  those again in such a hurry
> that they MUST CALL before they know who they're calling.  Frequently
> resulting in a dupe.
> What a waste of everyone's time.

This may not be a waste of the caller's time.  It is a time-management 
decision - does he wait for nine or ten QSOs to go by before hearing the 
other station's callsign?  Or does he spend the fifteen seconds it takes
to call the station and find out?  This is something that those who ID 
infrequently should consider.

One thing I notice is that those who ID infrequently, if they send TU 
after four or five QSOs, and then TU CALL, the pileup will tend to 
obliterate the CALL, as they start sending right after the TU "sync"
signal.  On the other hand, if the station sends the callsign every time,
that becomes the "sync" signal, and isn't as likely to be obliterated.
When I do run, I prefer to sign every QSO, as this maintains the rhythm
better for me.  Of course, I've never been DX.

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Kenneth E. Harker      "Vox Clamantis in Deserto"      kharker at cs.utexas.edu
University of Texas at Austin                   Amateur Radio Callsign: WM5R
Department of the Computer Sciences         President, UT Amateur Radio Club
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