[CQ-Contest] Omitting callsigns in echanges

[Kelly Taylor]

Hi all,

The ARRL has weighed in previously on this debate as well.

According to the rules, the exchange consists of five parts:

1. Serial no.
2. Precedence
3. Sending station's callsign
4. Check
5. ARRL/RAC Section

The ARRL has said that the example that follows is a suggestion but would
not be considered DQ-worthy, especially since the example is of NU1AW as the
CQ station and offers no guidance on the response of the S&P station.

So while it's possible, and in many cases rightly so, to argue that it makes
sense to send the receiving station's callsign, it does not appear possible
to argue in favour of DQ.

73, kelly
ve4xt

Appendix (from the ARRL's 2010 November Sweepstakes Operating Guide
(emphasis added):

Your exchange is based on an ARRL radiogram header and has FIVE parts:
Serial ­ the number of this contact in the contest (1st, 10th, 121st, etc)
Precedence ­ your category abbreviation as described above (A, B, M, Q, S,
or U)
Your call sign
Check ­ the last two digits of the year in which you were licensed (i.e. ­
02 for 2002)
ARRL Section ­ the abbreviation for your ARRL or RAC section

 

On 11/10/10 6:49 AM, "KI9A at aol.com" <KI9A at aol.com> wrote:

>  
> Paul, needing reviewed or not, THEY BROKE the rules by not sending their
> call as part of the exchange!!! I certainly does not make it right to do
> this,  just because you think the rules need changed...
>  
> Not sure how many ARRL SS's you have participated in, but why are you so
> concerned about this subject? Has it been a thorn in your side?  I'm
> actually a bit confused at how this rule is not "outdated". Hmmm.
>  
> I looked at my notes, I had 14 out of almost 700 stations do this.  I
> asked for a fill from each of them, in order to make the QSO legit.
>  
>  
>  
>  
> In a message dated 11/10/2010 5:42:09 A.M. Central Standard Time,
> pokane at ei5di.com writes:
> 
> Why  should they be DQed?  Some rules, like laws,
> become outdated and may  need to be  reviewed.
> 
> 
> 
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