[CQ-Contest] The Calling Disease

[Robert Chudek - K0RC]

You guys are getting closer to the answer...

If I were pestered by a bully (that's what he is) I would work him and 
send WA3... TU NIL CUL CQ TEST... If he persisted, I'd send the message 
again. It would eventually sink in, although it would kill my rate for 
the moment. But I don't have the kind of station that creates pileup 
problems so this idea is a rhetorical solution for me.

73 de Bob - KØRC in MN
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On 11/29/2011 5:20 PM, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 3:13 PM, George Harlem W1EBI wrote:
>
>> So I worked the WA3 and
>> intentionally failed to log him.  Yes, I let my emotions get the better of
>> me.  Pity that the K4 moved on, but I felt justified.  I'm not sure there is
>> any way to change that WA3's behavior.
> Silently failing to log him isn't the answer.  He won't remember when
> the scores come out, and probably won't know why his log was dinged,
> if he even bothers to read the UBN report.  It's like whacking the dog
> a month after he peed on the floor - the dog has no idea what he did
> wrong.
>
> You have to tell him ON THE AIR, and IN THAT MOMENT that you're not
> logging him.  Or continue to ignore him and pray to the heavens that
> he gives up and goes away.  Or send him an E-mail after the contest
> explaining why what he did was wrong, and that you didn't log him for
> this reason.  Maybe he'll remember the next time the situation arises.
>