[CQ-Contest] WW SSB - the corruptive influence of packet

[Alan Zack]

I don't think PACKET causes people not to ID frequently.  It just seems 
to be some people's nature to say QRZ after a contact rather than give 
their call.  Nothing to do with PACKET.

Bill Parry wrote:

>Folks,
>
>I realize that packet causes lots of problems in contests but it is not the
>cause of all evil in contesting. There have been lots of stations that
>identify infrequently for years...certainly before packet was in common use.
>
>It is really easy to blame the things you don't like for the all the
>foolishness we hear in the contests. Outlawing packet tomorrow would not
>have the impact that many might hope. We have large numbers of stations that
>are not entering the contest but just hoping to work a few new countries.
>(We hope lots and lots of these stations.) They will continue to use packet
>and cause whatever negative consequences that result. 
>
>Considering the large numbers of Multi's, assisted stations and stations
>that don't enter the contests, the numbers of S/O stations improperly using
>packet is probably a pretty small percentage. This isn't to say that what
>they are doing is right. It is not. I just think that the number is pretty
>small considering all the "smoke and fire" that this topic has generated.
>
>Hopefully, any change in the contest rules will be well-considered. Changes
>can have both positive and negative consequences. I sure hope that we don't
>make the rules so "pristine" that it's no fun anymore. 
>
>Bill, W5VX
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>>The really annoying thing I found this weekend were the stations
>>who were only identifying every 5 or 10 minutes because they
>>had a steady diet of packet assisted stations feeding their pileups
>>who knew their callsign a priori. As a single-op unassisted, it's a
>>royal PITA when you are trying to make the most of your operating
>>time to have to sit on a frequency for 5 or 10 minutes listening to a
>>huge pileup and wondering if you really need that station for a
>>multiplier because he won't identify.
>>
>>Packet can be fun if your just chasing DX, so I won't rain on
>>packet user's parade (sometimes I am a packet user), but I just
>>wish that the rare DX in the contests wouldn't assume that we
>>are all using it all the time. Send your call each QSO like
>>ZD8Z/N6TJ does.
>>
>>73 de Mike, W4EF.....................................................
>>
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