[CQ-Contest] Spotting Errors

[Alfred Frugoli]

I came across several guys working "packet runs" where they would not give
their call over the 3 or 4 q's it took me to get heard.  I'd always ask for
their call when they came back to me - "cl? tu 5nn 05" to which they would
reply with their callsign and tu instead of just tu.  I found several "not
new ones" this way because something was mis-spotted.

73 de Al, KE1FO

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On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 6:59 AM, Paul J. Piercey <p.piercey at nl.rogers.com>wrote:

> This is correct. Finding another frequency is almost impossible but there's
> another way to help solve the problem... Give your callsign more often and
> don't rely on the cluster to do it for you. Anyone hearing you will know
> who
> you are in short order. Let the cluster drag people to your frequency but
> make sure they can verify who you are.
>
> 73 -- Paul VO1HE
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com
> > [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Jim
> > Reisert AD1C
> > Sent: December 2, 2008 04:58
> > To: Robert Chudek - K0RC
> > Cc: K0HB; cq-contest at contesting.com; Bob Schreibmaier; Andy Faber
> > Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Spotting Errors
> >
> > On 12/1/2008 6:59 PM, Robert Chudek - K0RC wrote:
> >
> > > When it becomes apparent you've been spotted wrong, besides
> > laying on
> > > the QSO B4 macro is there the option of simply QSYing 20
> > KHz and begin
> > > running there? What are the trade-offs?
> >
> > Good luck finding a new frequency when 95% of the contesters
> > are on 20 meters because 10 and 15 are closed.  NO ONE wants
> > to voluntarily give up a run frequency.
> >
> > 73 - Jim AD1C
> >
> > --
> > Jim Reisert AD1C/Ø, <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>,
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