[CQ-Contest] An S&P'ers view regarding contest ID'ing

[n7jb at arrl.net]

I don't favor a contest rule requiring "frequent ID."  The contest station
primarily must follow the amateur service rules of his or her county - this
is the bottom line.  Not ID'ing frequently (selective ID'ing) is also a
contest strategy.  How will a frequent ID rule be enforced?  Will we
actually see someone disqualified from a contest for infrequent ID? How many
contesters are ever disqualified from a contest anyway?  I also wonder about
the contest rule that says "listening time counts as operating time."  How
is -that- rule enforced?  Doesn't it make more sense to start the clock when
someone logs his or her first QSO?  Just a thought.

 

If I don't hear a station identify frequently, I spin the dial to look for
someone who is actually ID'ing.  I think the competitive contesters who do
not identify frequently lose the S&P'ers like me (but that is
-their-strategy).  Even though I personally do not think a frequent ID rule
will work, it will be interesting to see if it does.  Thanks to all of you
out there who ID frequently during contests; this S&P'er really appreciates
it!

 

73,


Jim, N7JB