[CQ-Contest] Running ID *** Maybe the wrong question is being asked...

[Martin Durham]

So......why do stations INSIST on calling in a pileup if they don't know who the station is???

If you don't know who you are calling...wait, listen, ID, and THEN call if you need the station. 

Or...move on and work the next station you find. 

I know from operating in the Caribbean the last 10 years that there are times the pileup just gets too deep...backing off to IDing every x number of calls helps to thin the herd BECAUSE people will move on. 

Most of this past weekend our CQ or calling consisted of "PJ4X, QRZd....or just PJ4X" after each call worked...and interestingly there are many times where I'll hear a "What's your call?" Within seconds of me ending a contact and saying pj4x.

73,

Marty Durham
W1MD
w1md at arrl.net

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> On Nov 1, 2013, at 11:50 AM, Steef <steefpa3s at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Lets all ID every QSO!
> 
> I do : http://youtu.be/7Up50zUUELE
> 
> Then again, not realy big rare contest station :-)
> Or High Q rate :-)
> 
> Have Fun !!!!
> 
> 73
> 
> Steef PA3S
> 
> 
> 2013/11/1 Zack Widup <w9sz.zack at gmail.com>
> 
>> Yes, if a station doesn't ID in three QSO's I spin the dial.
>> 
>> 73, Zack W9SZ
>> 
>>> On 10/31/13, Bob Kupps <n6bk at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> It appears to me that many of the big rare contest stations are
>> maximizing
>>> their rates by never IDing as long as there are enough assisted guys
>> calling
>>> who already know who they are. This makes classic S&P particularly
>> agonizing
>>> and IMO all running stations should be required to ID at least once every
>>> some number of Qs. I realize that assisted is a different category, but
>> the
>>> guys out there who don't play my computer vs yours will continue to
>> diminish
>>> in number if it's no fun...
>>> 
>>> 73 HS0ZIA
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