[CQ-Contest] BOGUS QSO RATES!

[W0MU Mike Fatchett]

The contest organizers could change their rules to state that both calls 
must be sent in the exchange.

W0MU 599 08 J6M

Signing your call after every contact has to reduce your dupe rate and 
might actually add to your totals as many just pass by stations that 
don't sign their calls.

Not everyone uses packet

Mike W0MU

J6M CQ WW DX CW Contest 2011
J6/W0MU November 21 - December 1 2011
W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.net


On 11/7/2011 9:37 AM, Richard DiDonna NN3W wrote:
> This is a matter of rules intepretation of both contest rules and rules
> promulgated by the respective licensing authorities.  You could read the FCC
> regs to require a callsign be given after each and every QSO or you could
> read the regs to require a callsign every ten minutes.
>
> To my knowledge, the FCC has not cited any contest station (under its
> jurisdiction) for violating the FCC callsign identification provisions.
>
> 73 Rich NN3W
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Craig Maxey"<ah8dx at msn.com>
> To:<cq-contest at contesting.com>
> Sent: Sunday, November 06, 2011 1:15 PM
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] BOGUS QSO RATES!
>
>
>> Timo,
>>
>> I respect your list and every operator that has operated a contest but
>> unfortunately this QSO RATE LIST is "BOGUS".
>>
>> In order to make each and every qso valid, you must identify your call
>> sign. That is somewhere in your transmission while qso'ing with the other
>> station. If you do not identify yourself properly with the call sign you
>> are using, the qso in "INVALID".
>>
>> There is nothing worse during a contest than to come on a frequency and
>> have an op running them at a high rate of speed only to give his call sign
>> after he has worked 20 guys or so.
>>
>> I have made it a practice to identify with my call sign each and every
>> time. You can record me running them in a contest to verify.
>>
>> The problem starts with the committtee; I guess since they don't do
>> anything about it, it is ok.
>>
>> I find it interesting that the committee speaks about cheating but
>> overlooks this basic cheating practice.
>>
>> www.ah8dx.wordpress.com
>>
>> I encourage operators in future contests to operate the correct way and
>> uphold the ham operating standards on the band in order to keep the bands
>> civilized. No wonder we hear so much crap on the air with guys operating
>> however they wish.
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> Craig, AH8DX&  8R1EA
>>
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