[CQ-Contest] Omitting callsigns in echanges

[Paul O'Kane]

On 10/11/2010 16:46, David Gilbert wrote:

> I don't think you understand the origins of this particular contest.

I understand it fully, and have done so for a couple
of years.  On the other hand, I have no emotional
attachment to SS or traffic handling, and that may
be why I have an impartial view of this issue.


> ...  People who eliminate their callsign in the SS exchange cheat

They do not eliminate their callsign.  They simply don't
send it, unnecessarily, an extra time in each and every
QSO.


> ... I'm rather flabbergasted that you ... the upholder of purity in
> all things RF ...

That's a separate issue :-)  Do you really want to
start that thread again?


  would suggest that people who clearly cheat to gain an
> advantage in a contest should not be DQ'd.

Firstly, it's not cheating - unless you consider the
following to be cheating also.

   Not giving your call after every QSO while running.
   Omitting leading zeros in serials.
   Giving your zone as 5 instead of 05.
   Sending 5NN very fast.
   Not caring what zone or report you log in CQWW.

Secondly, I didn't suggest they should not be DQ'd.
I suggested they would not be DQ'd.  There is quite
a difference.

73,
Paul EI5DI