[CQ-Contest] What Bugs me

[Jim Brown]

On Mon,12/5/2016 7:51 AM, robert wrote:
> Why can't people wait just a few seconds ! 

Because they're trying to make rate, and they can find someone else to 
work faster than waiting for you to finish a Q. It's one thing if you're 
fast, don't need repeats, the other station doesn't need a repeat, etc. 
When I'm in S&P mode, I MAY wait through a QSO if I'm QRP. But if I'm 
running power and don't get the first Q, I'm on to the next signal on 
the band. Plugging the station's call into N1MM's entry window spots it 
for me, so I'll him on my next pass.

I don't remember your operating style, so don't take this as personal, 
but another thing that slows things down is when the running station 
sends too much to finish a Q and listen for the next caller. If, for 
example, the running station simply sends TU and pauses for a beat 
before signing his call, I can dump my call in quickly. But if he sends 
the other guy's call, QSL, GL, QRZ de K8XXX, I've blown another 10-15 
seconds plus the time I waited for the first Q to finish.

If you don't screw around waiting through a Q you missed, it's possible 
to make pretty good rate S&P. Waiting through Qs when you miss will cut 
that rate in half.

73, Jim K9YC