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

[Martin Durham]

Rather than placing a more onerous 'rule' on ID'ing....why not just change the EXCHANGE to include the call sign. Shades of sweepstakes. 

W1MD you are 5909 PJ4X. 

Nah, that would take more time........oh, wait....that would be no different than ID'ing after each contact. ////

Marty Durham
W1MD
w1md at arrl.net

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> On Jan 31, 2014, at 12:28 PM, Tom Osborne <w7why at frontier.com> wrote:
> 
> Toivo Hallikivi wrote:
>> 
>> If this is really true then, IMO, this is just about the dumbest rule ever!
>> 
>> Every decent operator can figure out what is the right strategy for maximizing the
> 
> rate & score in a certain situation. Sometimes it’s ID-ing after every QSO, sometimes
> 
> after 3 QSO’s, occasionally perhaps after 4 or 5 QOS’s.
> 
> 
> I don't think this thread is about the guy who ID's after 3 or even 4 Q's.  It is about the guy who goes for 5 or more minutes without ID'ong.
> 
> It funny to me some of the op's who win it all ID after every Q.  73
> Tom W7WHY
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