[CQ-Contest] Another way to be a lid

[Ed K1EP]

I read this post out of order, that is, I didn't read Art's original 
post first.  I found it and read it.  In that post, the lid I believe 
to whom he was referring was himself, not DG, as one might infer from 
the subsequent posts.  He called himself a lid because in his haste 
to reply he couldn't find the footswitch and was delayed in answering 
DG's call and thought he sounded like a lid.  I don't think he was 
referring to DG, who called him after someone else had started to 
send his call.  If that were the case, then just about every one of 
us could be called a lid.   Do we all politely wait our turn to call 
a station, immediately yielding if we hear another station 
calling?  And if someone calls you at a faster speed than what you 
are calling CQ, it could be for different reasons.  One is that he is 
forgot to turn down his speed after working someone else at a fast 
speed.  Haven't you ever done that before?  Once you hear the 
sidetone, you turn the knob. Another one is that he is arrogant and 
doesn't care.  That doesn't seem likely and would not produce a Q, 
which is the ultimate goal here.  And the other one is that you are 
calling CQ at a speed at which the he (the calling station) knew was 
slow for you, he knew the CQ'r and he upped his speed to be 
noticed.  I think that the latter is the mark of a good 
contester.  Art may have been calling CQ slow at a slow time in the 
contest to attract second and third tier contesters.   Calling him 
one time at a speed at which you know he can copy is efficient for 
both of you.  On the other hand, if the station doesn't come back, I 
fully expect that the calling party should QRS.

At 1/20/2008 11:38 AM, W0MU Mike Fatchett wrote:
>I try to slow down the first time I work someone in the contest.  I
>usually don't the next time unless they have trouble.  I noticed many
>people were slowing down parts of their calls and names.  B's are tough
>for me.
>
>Shelby Summerville wrote:
> > Art Boyars wrote: "I was calling CQ and got the beginning of a 
> response when
> > K1DG called in, louder and faster."
> >
> > IMHO, the main reason, for stations answering a CQ, to adjust 
> their speed to
> > the station calling CQ, not necessarily the speed that they were using?
> > Aside from deliberate QRM, just about nothing aggravates me more than the
> > above mentioned scenario! I realize that my copy speed isn't where it
> > could/should be, and I can live with that, but a bit of 
> consideration, from
> > others, could/would go a long way!
> >
> > C'Ya, Shelby - K4WW