[CQ-Contest] You want instant I. D. s ?

[Igor Sokolov]

Signing once a minute on SSB would not warrant your call will be spotted on 
cluster. CW ID every ten minutes will.

73, Igor UA9CDC

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Notarius W3WN" <wn3vaw at verizon.net>
To: "'k3it'" <gokoyev+k3it at gmail.com>; <dave at g4buo.com>
Cc: "'CQ-Contest Reflector'" <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2013 3:55 AM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] You want instant I. D. s ?


> Isn't it simpler if the SSB operator running the pileup simply says his 
> call
> at least once a minute?
>

>
> I think this came up before. If a 2m repeater can identify itself with
> morse code, why can't an SSB operator? One could send a conventional CW CQ
> every five minutes or so, and takes only about 5 seconds to ID at 40 RPM.
> Should be enough to get spotted by RBN.
>
> The problem is many skimmers today don't monitor phone segments. And 
> nobody
> is expecting to see RBN spots there.  But just an idea...:)
>
> Vasiliy
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 11:55 AM, <dave at g4buo.com> wrote:
>
>> This would be a multi-mode transmission which, in a single-mode SSB
>> contest, would get you DQed.
>>
>> 73, Dave G4BUO
>>
>> > Seems some smart guys, like the skimmer guys or the RBN crowd, could
> come
>> > up with a sub-audible identifying system that would send the station\'s
>> call
>> > sign with each of his transmissions, especially on phone.  Why not?
>> >
>> > The receiver has a decoder for that system and reads the call sign on
> his
>> > monitor or hears it in, gasp, CW as made audible by the system.
>> >
>> > I suggest the name of the System be the GS, or Gripe Stopper.
>> >
>> > 73
>> >
>> > --
>> > Charly, HS0ZCW