[CQ-Contest] Rising IQ This Year

[Jimk8mr at aol.com]

I don't think it is necessary to ID after  every qso, but there are factors 
that make it a decision that can't be  programmed into the computer before the 
contest as "ID every X  QSOs":


If after the previous qso there was only one guy calling, send  your 
callsign. 

If it was a quick, no repeat qso, go ahead and just sent  "TU".

If the guy has a correction, or sends his stuff 3 times at 22 wpm,  then ID.  
That also helps get the rhythm back to normal.

If you hear  someone other than the guy you called sending an exchange, then 
it is a good  idea to send the real guy's call along with the "TU".

Cut the guy some  slack if his call is J3/DL5AXX, vs. D4C or PJ2T.

Never go more than 3  qsos without IDing.  In a quick pileup, that is less 
than one minute, which  I consider a reasonable time to make a new guy on 
frequency  wait.


73  -  Jim  K8MR    ( @ PJ2T last  weekend )



In a message dated 12/5/2008 12:54:21 P.M. Eastern  Standard Time, 
kjones at virtualcohesion.com writes:

Many times having a  huge pileup slows the Q rate way down.  I've found that
NOT giving my  call after every Q tends to thin out the pile thus increasing
my rate.   And I can certainly tell when I've been spotted.  If I am not
giving my  call after every Q, I do make it a point to drop it in after every
5 or so  Qs, however.  

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