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

[Joe]

Ya know honesty would be nice too,

How many people use contests to grab that state they still need or 
country, and claim hey worked them.

But if calls on both ends were not sent it isn't a valid qso is it now?

Joe wb9sbd
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On 1/30/2014 9:40 PM, n7jb at arrl.net wrote:
> 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.
>
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> 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!
>
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> 73,
>
>
> Jim, N7JB
>
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