[CQ-Contest] CQWW CW - Signing your call

[Steve London]

This may be a dupe of a thread from almost a year ago, but I thought the timing 
was right, with CQWW CW this weekend.

Of all the contests, CQWW CW seems to be afflicted with the worst examples of DX 
stations not signing their call often enough. I can understand that you are 
trying to maximize your rate, but if I ask you for your call, and you don't give 
it, that is simply poor operating. Not all of us use telepacket, and even if we 
did, we are too smart to blindly rely on the call in the telepacket spot.

So, here's what I'm doing - If I ask you for your call, and you don't give it, 
then I'm not waiting around, and you're not going in my log. I lose just the 
QSO, but you get a NIL and lose 4 QSO's !  For those of you who say I am 
exhibiting poor sportsmanship, I strongly disagree.  By making me wait and wait 
for you to sign your call, you are the poor sportsman by maximizing your score 
at the expense of my score.

73,
Steve, N2IC