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

[Zack Widup]

When people are only sending "QRZ?" I tend to listen for three or four QSO's
at most and if they don't ID I pass them by. I see no sense in working
someone whose call I don't know for sure.

73, Zack W9SZ


On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 9:40 AM, <w5ov at w5ov.com> wrote:

> 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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