[CQ-Contest] Working Zero Pointers....

[Steve London]

It's just not that easy ...

First, I try to just ignore them and hope they find someone else to work.

Here is what often happens if I work them:

- It opens up the floodgates for every other station who has been 
listening to me, but not calling. Now they think it is okay to call me. 
Big time rate killer as they each tell me their "personal", their 
county, their antenna, their life history ...

- They are (almost) always folks running 100 watts and a wet noodle. The 
contesters trolling for a new run frequency can't hear them and think 
it's a good frequency. Guess what happens next ?

- Since they are weak stations, the DX stations, who I want to work, 
can't hear them either and skip right across me as they tune their VFO 
knob. But, maybe not, because no one actually tunes the dial any more - 
they just point and click.

73,
Steve, N2IC

>> From: kh6lc at hotmail.com
>> To: cq-contest at contesting.com
>> Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2014 09:37:40 -1000
>> Subject: [CQ-Contest] Working Zero Pointers....
>>
>> After reading the flood of comments on the pros and cons of working
>> and logging zero point contacts I thought I'd throw in my 2 cents worth.
>>
>>                                     GET THEM IN THE LOG
>>
>> It's always much easier to work and log them than explain why you can't.
>> Then move on with your life.
>>
>> 73&  Aloha, Lloyd
>> www.KH6LC.com
>>