[CQ-Contest] Why?

[Tom Haavisto]

In the Sweepstakes, you need to send *your* call as part of the exchange.

I know it would be a major change - the exchange would become longer, rates
would go down - BUT - they you would have a good idea of who you are
working :-)

Tom - VE3CX



On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 1:22 PM, Ken Claerbout <k4zw at verizon.net> wrote:

> "It's to make up for all the times when they are running and don't send
> theircall. Those times must be made up for in pileups to even out the
> karma. :)"
> And when the station got around to signing their call, you could always
> count on a few people with happy trigger fingers that would start calling
> on top of him.  Someone has to explain to me how the guy is going to hear
> you when he's still transmitting.  That would be a game changer.
>
> I think we need to start giving unassisted ops a handful of free "lookups"
> for the weekend, kind of like a challenge in the NFL or free drink coupons,
> 5 - 10 per weekend.  You could enter a frequency to query a database and it
> would give you the call(s) of the station(s) spotted there.  Taking it one
> step further, you could then click the call with your mouse and it would be
> transferred into your log. No need to type it in or even confirm the call.
>  Oh, wait.....
>
> I get it if someone does this with a big pile up or every other QSO from
> time to time.  But ending many QSO's with something like TU or dit dit
> plain sucks.  It's bad operating practice and it really screws with us
> dinosaurs that still enjoy relying on our ears.  There's not much the
> committee can do and I'm not sure I would want them too.  Other than that,
> a great weekend!
>
> Ken, K4ZW
>
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