[CQ-Contest] BOGUS QSO RATES!
W0MU Mike Fatchett
w0mu at w0mu.com
Mon Nov 7 11:01:19 PST 2011
What I typed was not at all what I had intended HI! Thanks Mark for
pointing this out.
The running station should/could use his call at the end as the tu
instead of tu. In SS I used tu W0MU because it was friendlier. In WW
CW it will just be the call.
Him CQ J6M
Me W0MU
Him W0MU 599 08
Me 599 04
Him J6m
Sorry for the confustication.
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 11:54 AM, Mark Bailey wrote:
> Hi Mike:
>
> Doing it this way makes it harder to determine who is the running
> station and whether to call after hearing it. If we do this, we may
> need a "sprint-like" rule or convention:
> N6TR DE K7GM 154 RICK NC K
> K7GM NR 122 TREE OR DE N6TR K
>
> Gosh, that's horrible. Ditch the "k" and the "DE" (though it came
> from their rules)... :-)
>
> 73,
>
> Mark
>
> On 11/7/2011 11:58 AM, W0MU Mike Fatchett wrote:
>> 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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