[CQ-Contest] The danger of packet/cluster use

[w5ov at w5ov.com]

Zack,

While this is OK, the problem comes in when the exchange goes like this:

> (Him): QRZ?
> (You): W9SZ
> (Him): W9SZ 5NN 1043
> (You): RG8U 5NN 406
> (Him): TU QRZ?

Hopefully, your sending of his callsign (especially if it's wrong) will
cause him to ID at least once instead of sending the frustrating QRZ only.

73,

W5OV


> A lot of people (including me) do it this way -
>
> (Him): CQ de RG8U
> (Me): W9SZ
> (Him): W9SZ 5NN 1043
> (Me): RG8U 5NN 406
> (Him): TU RG8U
>
> Hopefullly he copies my my pipsqueak signal well enough to hear I sent
> his call correctly back to him.
>
> 73, Zack W9SZ
>
>
> On 10/29/10, kr2q at optimum.net <kr2q at optimum.net> wrote:
>> I suspect that very few will agree with this, but......
>>
>> When you call a runner, give HIS call at least once.  I'm sure if the
>> runner
>> had any idea
>> of what station the callers THOUGHT they were working, the runner would
>> immediately
>> correct it...IF anyone would have bothered to listen to the
>> correction...and
>> I'm sure Randy
>> gave his call many times during this time frame.
>>
>> Of course, many of those (all in this case?) relying on cluster probably
>> just point-and-click
>> and dump in the callsign without ever listening to anything, except for
>> THEIR callsign
>> coming back at them.
>>
>> Curious that nobody thought to wonder why a KH7 was so loud in EU on 80m
>> at
>> that time.
>> I'm taking a real guess that Randy was substantially louder than a real
>> Hawaii station.
>> Oh yeah...point and shoot, don't listen, don't think.  That's right.
>>
>> Can anyone check the cluster file for this time frame to see if anyone
>> offered up a correction?
>> Just curious.
>>
>> de Doug KR2Q
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