[CQ-Contest] unIDs

[Larry]

The problem goes in cycles. It is getting worse at the moment. There will
be some backlash as a result of discussion. The situation will improve
some for awhile and then get worse again if it follows history.

I did hear a number of stations that didn't sign very often tell several 
stations
"QSO B4".

73, Larry  W6NWS
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul O'Kane" <pokane at ei5di.com>
To: <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, November 28, 2011 4:18 AM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] unIDs


> On 28/11/2011 02:44, Ron Notarius W3WN wrote:
>
>> Some stations ID after every contact.  Some after every other.  Some 
>> every
>> minute.  Some less often.  This is nothing new; this goes back as far as 
>> I
>> can recall, and that goes back to Field Day 1972.
>
> The problem is recent, and getting worse.  It stems from
> those stations assuming everyone else knows their call
> from spots or the RBN.  For as long as they get a steady
> stream of callers, they have no need to ID.  They use
> non-IDing as a form of pileup management.
>
> Of course it's utterly selfish.
>
>
>> Unless you are going to mandate in the rules a minimum time to ID over&
>> above what is legally required by the country of license for the station,
>> there's not much that can be done about it.
>
> Contest organisers can, and do, mandate rules that
> have nothing to do with "legalities".  The solution
> is not to set a maximum time between IDs, it might
> be better to specify a maximum number of QSOs, no
> more than three or four, because that is easy to
> monitor.
>
> 73,
> Paul EI5DI
>
>
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