[CQ-Contest] Frustration this weekend.....

[Zack Widup]

I heard one station sending "5NN 33" but he didn't send his callsign
in over three minutes, so I passed him by. Lots of stations to work
who ARE sending their calls.

73, Zack W9SZ

On 11/29/10, Todd Atkins <toddatkins at gmail.com> wrote:
> These guys would work more stations if they'd just id more frequently.
> Oftentimes I'd run across one of these mystery stations that refused
> to ID but as soon as he did, WHAM a whole horde of guys calling. And
> unless it's some needed mult. in a difficult location, I'm not
> sticking around. I don't need to fight a pile-up for a common
> entity/zone. I suspect I'm not the only one that moves on rapidly in
> these situations.
>
> -Todd/KN4QD
>
> On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 12:57 PM, Shane Mattson-->K1ZR <k1zr at comcast.net>
> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Is it me or is the issue with DX signing their call sign once every 1-3
>> minutes (sometimes more!) getting extremely frustrating?  The worst
>> example was a station in the Africa region who decided to run split on
>> 15M and informed callers of their callsign and RX frequency every 1-3
>> minutes causing a pileup of callers on their TX frequency and a swath of
>> stations sending 'Up', 'Up', 'Up'.  Seriously, not everyone relies on
>> packet spots and it would be great if the DX could sign their call
>> every 4-5 q's.  This is where bogus spots on the cluster cause major
>> problems as I'm sure that those who simply point and shoot to a spotted
>> mult work 'em and move on before actually hearing the station's call.
>> Help!
>>
>>
>>
>> -Shane K1ZR
>>
>>
>>
>>
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