[CQ-Contest] Your Call?

[Joe]

Exactly,
When I play in a contest or are in the middle of teaching someone new, I 
Use what I call my 2-2-2 rule. This applies to my pipsqueak station, a 
Big gun may adjust things.

When CQing "Running" if I do not make a Q at least at the worst every 2 
minutes I stop and start to S&P

When S&Ping and I find a station to work, If I do not get them in 2 
calls, the pile is too big, leave and try again later next time across 
the band.

When finding during a S&P a station to possibly work, if they do not ID 
after they make 2 contacts, I again move on, he's too busy too many 
callers, come back again later,

Joe WB9SBD

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On 2/23/2016 4:28 AM, Tom Carrubba KA2D wrote:
> Simple solution. Don't work them!
> I usually S&P and get decent rate going, I will not work a station who 
> does not ID in a timely manner.
> Sure, it diminishes my score but it also affects theirs..
>
> So, no ID, no qso
>
> 73 -Tom KA2D
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Drew Vonada-Smith
> Sent: Monday, February 22, 2016 6:14 PM
> To: cq-contest at contesting.com
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] Your Call?
>
> All,
>
>
> Key clicks and GJ0KE were indeed annoying this contest.  But what 
> drove me nuts, and I am surprised not to be reading it from others 
> yet, was the "No ID while running" situation.  ***It has gotten much 
> worse***.  The practice seems to be most evident in SA and the Caribbean.
>
>
> I heard *many* stations not IDing for a dozen QSOs.  I heard one not 
> ID for over 15 minutes - I felt compelled to stay there and measure 
> it.  This destroys the rate of people doing unassisted S&P.  Many good 
> contesters in the Caribbean make great rates and ID every or nearly 
> every QSO.  So this practice is a way to improve your rate by a tiny 
> fraction at the cost of a HUGE impact on others. This is not within 
> the spirit or rules of any contest. It is poor sportsmanship at best.
>
>
> To make it worse, a few stations (and I will name names from my notes 
> if asked) refused a fill even when working a station asking "Call?"  
> And I heard one pointedly answered "NO" when a dozen in the pileup 
> repeatedly asked for "CALL?"  This isn't just bad practice, it is 
> spitting in the face of others who operate skillfully.
>
>
> I've actually had contesters tell me proudly how efficient they were 
> because after each QSO in a big run, they skip the TU and their call 
> and just send a dit.  We need to change this mindset.
>
>
> Perhaps no rule changes are needed.  But I call upon all of you to 
> join in publicly noting that this isn't acceptable.  And I call upon 
> sponsors to get tough on abusers.  If no reasonable attitude is 
> forthcoming, the solution is to require a callsign every QSO. That may 
> be seen by some as "extreme", but IMHO, this is best practice in any 
> case.
>
>
> 73, Drew K3PA
>
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