[CQ-Contest] CQ WPX rules, it finally happened

[Michael Adams]

So, you get in the habit of signing every time:

KP1A TEST
     P51B
P51B 5NN TT1
     5NN TT1
KP1A

Or, if you really begrudge the extra characters at the close of the exchange, if you use computer keying, and if your logger supports it, you set the TU macro to sign every third Q (sending "TU" or "EE" to close the other two Q's).  Easy-peasy.

I could see some justification for a preferring a rule requiring stations to ID at least once every ## seconds to balance sportsmanship with pileup management, but a "sign at least every nth contact" rule is probably easier to comply with, so you don't have to keep track of time.

-- 
Michael / N1EN

> -----Original Message-----
> From: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of
> john at kk9a.com
> Sent: Thursday, 30 January, 2014 07:28
> To: cq-contest at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] CQ WPX rules, it finally happened
> 
> What is the penalty - disqualification?  While it is a poor practice to not regularly
> I.D., a person can easily make 3 QSOs in 15 seconds and in the heat of the
> moment it is possible to forget and make a 4th or even 5th QSO in less than 1/2
> minute before remembering to send a callsign. I would not consider this
> scenario to be unsportsmanlike conduct.
> 
> John KK9A - P40A