[CQ-Contest] RE: QSO B4

[DOUGLAS ZWIEBEL]

Over the years (decades) I've found that "just tune on by" works for me.  If
they don't sign in 2 calls...I'm gone.

What happens if you call a "non-signer" and work him and he still does not
sign his call?  What do you log?  Now you are LOCKED to that frequency until
he signs.  Yuck.

One thing I have never been able to figure out is this scenario:

Despite my "rule" to tune past anyone not signing after 2 exchanges,
sometimes I am fascinated to sit and listen...especially if it is good zone.
I have listened for many minutes (once, even 5 minutes) and noted that the
guy just NEVER SIGNS his call.  Despite that, I notice "new" callers to the
pileup...they show up out of the blue, call, work the guy, and qsy, never
having heard his callsign (cuz he never signed it).  It's also funny how the
callers often are all from the same USA call area....all W1's or all W3's
etc.  Gee...I wonder what they logged?  Gee, I wonder how they knew what to
log?

(tee hee)

de Doug KR2Q