[CQ-Contest] Vote now!!

[Denis Pochuev - K7GK]

This discussion about the call inside the SS exchange, in my mind, has broader implications, particularly for a certain upcoming big contest. 

I unconsciously appreciated hearing my call in the exchange sent to me by the S&P station during Sweepstakes, but now I know why. It's a selfless act of sacrificing caller's own rate, admittedly slightly, for the sake of the accuracy of the CQ-ing station. Maybe my moral compass is off, but I view omitting the callsign from the exchange as the opposite action - selfish act of increasing your own rate, albeit slightly, at the expense of the possible confusion of the caller. Moreover, hearing ENN, A4, VV in the CQWW exchange makes me think the same. Unfortunately, ginnie is already out of the bottle, and things like ENN are pretty much a standard. 

I vote - 5NN 3.

73, Denis - K7GK

> Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 09:52:48 -0800
> From: tree at kkn.net
> To: cq-contest at contesting.com
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] Vote now!!
> 
> 
> This conversation about sending your call in the SS exchange brings to mind
> a slightly related subject that I would like people to vote on.  You can
> vote by getting on the air - and adopting the method you think is best in
> future contests.
> 
> One change I have noted from some contest ops - most notably N6RO - is that
> they are taking the time to send the callsign of the station they are working
> when they are giving their "search and pounce exchange".  
> 
> This does a wonderful thing - gives the station they are working complete
> confidence that they are indeed the guy who will appear in N6RO's log.  
> 
> I occasionally see not-in-logs occur for stations in CW contests because 
> someone calls a station slightly off frequency and the timing of the call
> makes another station think he was being answered - when a different station
> actually was.  
> 
> As a CQing station - I really appreciate getting the feedback that the guy
> I think I am working, is indeed listening to me - and not some other 
> station who might be inside my skip zone that I can't hear.  
> 
> Remember the penalty for a not-in-log is ofter at least one more QSO and 
> in some contests 2 or 3 QSOs.  The extra time spent is good insurance to
> make sure this doesn't happen as often.
> 
> Think about it - and make your choices known - on the air.
> 
> 73 Tree N6TR
> tree at kkn.net
> 
> PS: The reason the callsign is in the exchange is that the exchange was 
> modeled after the message preamble from the standard traffic format.  
> I imagine if you leave it out - enough people will "vote" with their
> feet and not call you because they don't like it.  Saving a few seconds
> here and there doesn't always equate to a better score.
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