[CQ-Contest] Spotting Errors

[Jan Erik Holm]

This is what I do too. Since I usually have a big or at least decent
signal I can crack any pile-up quite fast. Instead of waiting I just
call these jokers instead, it´s faster. Many times it will be a
dupe, sure many times it will be a dupe but I´m not the one that
gets the dissadvantage.
It´s a paradox, people get these short vanity calls and even so they
never give it but every 5 minutes or so.
Callsign should be given IMO every second QSO or more.
Of course it doesn´t matter how much we rant about it, I´ve seen
it getting worse and worse for the past 40 years and I´m deadly
sure it´s going to continue.

/ Jim SM2EKM
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Kenneth E. Harker wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 02, 2008 at 04:51:14PM -0000, Andy Faber wrote:
> 
>>   There is probably no good answer.  But I do get annoyed when the station 
>> duping you is a big gun who should be listening to you before making blind 
>> calls.
> 
> I hear this complaint (mostly from CW ops) a lot.  Let me offer a different 
> perspective.  As a single op unassisted, if I dial across a station working 
> people without giving a call sign, it is often faster _for me_ to call in and 
> ask for the call.  Who know how long I might have to wait for the other 
> station to give their call?  And what if the one time out of five QSOs that 
> they do give their call, it's covered up by QRM or something?  Do I wait 
> for another five QSOs to pass?  It is usually optimal for the unassisted op 
> to just call in and if it's a dupe, oh well.  The time saved _by me_ is 
> worth it _to me_.
> 
> If the station is giving out their call with every QSO, this is not an issue.
> So, if you are _not_ giving out your call sign with every QSO, you need to 
> understand that some other operators will prioritize _their_ contest time
> ahead of _your_ contest time and call in even if they turn out to be a dupe, 
> and accept a certain number of those events during the contest as normal,
> reasonable operating behavior for top contesters.  
> 
> If a station is IDing with every QSO and big gun contesters are still 
> calling in frequently as dupes, then you know they are packeteer lids
> and you can feel free to hold them in low regard.
>