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

[Martin , LU5DX]

Well. That's one of the big packet abuses by Lids.
If you don't know who he is, you should never call.
Plain SOs don't call because they don't have a clue.
SO assited have a hint, but they don't know for sure till the station IDes.
So thing here is: SO assisted should never ever call blind. The rest won't
call either.
But it's a utopia.

Martin, LU5DX


On Sat, Nov 2, 2013 at 12:24 PM, Martin Durham <w1md at cfl.rr.com> wrote:

> 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
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> > 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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